Estrada do Sertão
Elba Ramalho
Backcountry Road
Something I don't renounce
Nor do I detach
Having liked you
Was to like in a bland way
Stubborn and withdrawn
Without anyone noticing
Pondering, I go on the road
In my eyes, the birds
Build a nest for you
The dove watches me sadly
The parakeet can't resist
Cries along with you
In your eyes, it shines
It's a green, a deep blue
The bloodstained tanager steals color
It unsettles me
It sucks me like a bat
Mocking like a hummingbird
Don't ruffle my life like this
What life mocked me with is enough
Don't play this joke on me
Of opening this cage for me
And then not holding me
Sing firmly, dove
And sing me a song
The thrush brushes against me here
Close to the heart
Land here, my hummingbird
See if you have pity on me
I want to be your bacuri
I want to be yours
The more it unravels
Disdains me, the more I crawl towards you
