Maria, Maria
Elis Regina
Maria, Maria
Maria, Maria is a gift, a certain magic
A force that alerts us
A woman who deserves to live and love
Like any other on the planet
Maria, Maria is the sound, the color, the sweat
It's a stronger and slower dose
Of a people who laugh when they should cry
And don't live, just endure
A people who laugh when they should cry
And don't live, just endure
A people who laugh when they should cry
And don't live, just endure
But it's necessary to have strength, it's necessary to have race
It's necessary to have desire always
Those who carry a mark on their body
Maria, Maria mixes pain and joy
But it's necessary to have skill, it's necessary to have grace
It's necessary to have dreams always
Those who carry that mark on their skin
Have the strange habit of having faith in life