A Luz de Tieta [English translation]

Every day is the same day

Life is so small

Nothing new under the sun

Those who bathe in light

Have to hide in the dark

under the sheets

In this land pain is strong

Ambition is small

Carnival and football

Who doesn’t pretend

Who doesn’t lie

Who has more joy and suffering

serves as a lighthouse

There is someone within us

Within many amongst us

This someone

who shines more than

a million suns

and who also

knows darkness

There is someone here

Deep within you

within me

who shouts at whoever wants to hear

and sings like this

Every night is the same night

Life is so narrow

Nothing new under the moon

Everyone wants to know

who you go to bed with

Nothing can move forward

It’s Sunday, it’s February

It’s the Seventh of September

Football and Carnival

Nothing changes, it’s all darkness

As far as I can remember

A pain that is always the same

There is someone within us

Within many amongst us

This someone

who shines more than

a million suns

and who also

knows darkness

There is someone here

Deep within you

within me

who shouts at whoever wants to hear

and sings like this

Êta!

Êta, êta, êta

It’s the moon, it’s the sun, it’s Tieta’s light

Êta, êta!...(2x)

There is someone within us

Within many amongst us

This someone

who shines more than

a million suns

and who also

knows darkness

There is someone here

Deep within you

within me

who shouts at whoever wants to hear

and sings like this

Every night is the same night

Life is so narrow

Nothing new under the moon

Everyone wants to know

with whom you go to bed with

Nothing can move forward

It’s Sunday, it’s February

It’s the Seventh of September

Football and Carnival

Nothing changes, it’s all darkness

As far as I can remember

A pain that is always the same

There is someone within us

Within many amongst us

This someone

who shines more than

a million suns

and who also

knows darkness

There is someone here

Deep within you

within me

who shouts at whoever wants to hear

and sings like this

Êta!

Êta, êta, êta

It’s the moon, it’s the sun, it’s Tieta’s light

Êta, êta!...(2x)