Chorou e Riu
José Miguel Wisnik
Cried and Laughed
Whoever believed
When seeing the magic shatter
The heart break apart
And fall down
Into the void of horror
Without even remembering
What was dreamed
And what wasn’t dreamed
When seeing hell tear apart
To reveal the monster within
And confirm it was in us
In our knots
Until your chest unties
And surrenders
In a plunge over the River
Cried and laughed
Cried so much that your tears
Poured down the colossal stone as it slid
And turned into pain
And splendor
Your hand
My hand
Our love
Soared high
And never reached, never reached
The very height of adventure
To create
On some ground
The common ground
What is said
To be a country
Beyond the madness
Of the time and place of the fools
And the fools
Of the fools
Who is happy
Just to feel the raw power
Of that flower that pulses within Brazil
Cried and laughed
Cried so much that your tears
Poured down the colossal stone as it slid
And turned into pain
And splendor
Your hand
And so many hands
Our love