I was born to be ignorant
But my relatives persisted
And they did not give up there
In making a student of me
What remedy I obeyed
There are already three lustres that I study
To learn I learnt everything
But all I unlearned
I lost the names of the stars
Of the rivers and places
I confused fauna and flora
The instalments hinder me
But I pass whole days
Watching the river pass
With birds and ocean waves
I have true loves
Always a star shines
Over my windowsill
Then I am not myself if I lie down
Without having spoken to her
I know more than a thousand flowers
They make themselves known to me
I just don't know how in Latin
The doctors confirm them
I was born to be ignorant
But my relatives persisted
And they did not give up there
In making a student of me
What remedy I obeyed
There are already three lustres that I study
To learn I learnt everything
But all I unlearned
While the waters run
I will not feel chills
Whether flowers, birds and rivers
To be ignorant is what they want of me
Whether flowers, birds and rivers
To be ignorant is what they want of me