Ilex Paraguariensis [English translation]

Today I woke up earlier

Drank alone the chimarrão1

Searched for the night in my memory... I searched in vain

Today I woke up lighter (I didn't even read the newspaper)

Everything must be suspended... nothing must weigh down

I have lived through so many things, I have so much to live through

I am in the middle of the road and no defeat will beat me

Today I woke up free: I owe nothing to no one

Nothing restrains me

It was still night, I waited for morning to come

Like someone heating water without letting it boil

Today I woke up, now I know how to live in darkness

Until the flame lights up

Green... Hot... Herb... Abdomen... Inside... Bowels

Bitter mate, in the middle of night, strange road

They never took it easy on me, no (it's better this way)

I am not interested in making compromises (get out)

If they think I have cold and empty hands (it's better this way)

If they think my hands are bound (surprise)

Hands and heart, free and hot: chimarrão and lightness

Hands and heart, free and hot: chimarrão and lightness

...Ilex paraguariensis...

...Ilex paraguariensis...

1. Traditional drink in Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil (as well as other Southern Cone countries). The drink is made with Mate herbs, which have the scientific name Ilex paraguariensis. ????