Trova do Vento Que Passa

I ask the passing wind
News from my country
And the wind silences the disgrace
The wind tells me nothing
The wind tells me nothing.

La-ra-lai-lai-lai-la, la-ra-lai-lai-lai-la, [chorus]
La-ra-lai-lai-lai-la, la-ra-lai-lai-lai-la. [repeat]

I ask the rivers that carry
So many dreams on the surface of the waters
And the rivers do not calm me
They carry dreams, they leave sorrows.

They carry dreams, they leave sorrows
Oh rivers of my country
My homeland on the surface of the waters
Where are you going? no one says.

[if you pluck the green clover
Ask for news and say
To the four-leaf clover
That I die for my country.

I ask the people passing by
Why do they walk with eyes on the ground.
Silence - that's all they have
Who live in servitude.

I saw the green branches bloom
Upright and facing the sky.
And for those who like to have masters
I always saw their shoulders bent.

And the wind tells me nothing
No one says anything new.
I saw my homeland nailed
In the arms crossed of the people.

I saw my homeland on the banks
Of the rivers that go to the sea
Like someone who loves the journey
But always has to stay.

I saw ships departing
(my homeland on the surface of the waters)
I saw my homeland bloom
(green leaves green sorrows).

There are those who want you ignored
And speak of homeland in your name.
I saw you crucified
In the black arms of hunger.

And the wind tells me nothing
Only silence persists.
I saw my homeland standing still
By a sad riverbank.

No one says anything new
If I keep asking for news
In the empty hands of the people
I saw my homeland blooming.

And the night grows inside
The men of my country.
I ask the wind for news
And the wind tells me nothing.

The clover has four leaves
Freedom has four syllables.
It's true they can't read
Those for whom I write for.

But there is always a candle
Within the very disgrace
There is always someone who sows
Songs in the passing wind.

Even in the saddest night
In times of servitude
There is always someone who resists
There is always someone who says no.