Canto da Mulher Latino-Americana

Describe in the way you see fit
Describe yourself, young man
But do not forget to add
That I also know how to love
That I also know how to dream
That my name is woman

Describe my eyes
My body, my stature
Tell me that I am strong, that I am like a flower
In your clichés of a thousand ready-made phrases
Say that I am perfect and made of love

Describe the beauty of the brown skin
Call me blonde, wild, serene
In your clichés of a thousand ready-made phrases
Say that I am perfect and made of honey

Describe in the way you see fit
Describe yourself, young man
But do not forget to add
That I also know how to dream
That I also know how to fight
That my name is woman

Describe the sadness in my eyes
Comment on the malice in my walk
In your clichés of a thousand ready-made phrases
Say that I am perfect when it comes to love

Describe the anguish of hunger and fear
Describe the secret I keep to myself
In your clichés of a thousand ready-made phrases
Say that I am perfect, like pure jasmine

Describe in the way you see fit
Describe yourself, young man
But do not forget to add
That I also know how to love
That I also know how to fight
That my name is woman

Also describe the sadness I feel
I confess and do not lie that I cry in pain
Sadness to see my man humiliated
My children hungry, my home without love

Describe, young man, the discontented woman
To be an object of the male and lord
Describe this dream that I carry in my mind
To be a companion in love and in pain

Describe in the way you see fit
Describe yourself, young man
But do not forget to add
That I also know how to love
That I also know how to fight
That my name is woman