O ouro e a madeira [English translation]

Gold sinks in the sea

Wood stays on the surface

Oysters are born in mud

Generating fine pearls

I didn't want to be the sea

A fountain was enough

Even less to be a rose

Simply the thorn

I didn't want to be way

But the shortcut

Much less to be rain

Merely dew

I didn't want to be the day

Just dawn

Much less to be the field

Grain was enough for me

I didn't want to be life

But a moment

Much less to be concert

Only the song