Maria Lisboa [English translation]

She's a fish seller, she wears sandals,

She has movements of a cat;

//In the basket, the caravel,

In the heart, the frigate.//

Instead of crows, on the shawl,

Seagulls come to sit.

//When the wind takes her to the ball,

She dances with the sea at the ball.//

The dress is made of shells,

Seaweeds on her hair.

//And in her veins, the yelp

Of the motor of a trawler.//

She sells dreams and sea breeze,

She shouts out storms.

//Her first name : Maria,

Her surname : Lisboa.//