A love song takes off,
Sings tapuia lady 1 at the harbor,
A slice of new moon,
Drinking cachaça, chatter fills the air,
An "I don't know" of nostalgia and longing,
A longing out of time out of place,
A nostalgic want, full of desire,
A wish to leave, a wish to remain.
A mill, a vigil,
Riverfront.
A horse is grazing,
A mare is in heat,
Start of the night,
An empty trail,
Mill, vigil,
Riverfront...
And, in this quietness, a falling leaf,
Splash of passing paddle,
A long-sleeve lamp,
Good smell of fish in the air,
A pepper squeezed on a plate,
Another licking after dinner,
A viola with tanned string,
In this deep love's suffering and pain.
A mill, a vigil,
Riverfront.
A horse is grazing,
A mare is in heat,
Start of the night,
An empty trail,
Mill, vigil,
Riverfront...
And the wind spreads in capoeira,
The moon in bamboo bowl,
The cow mooing at the gate,
And the male sniffing in the corral,
Time has the time to be itself,
Time has time to give itself,
At night time that will run,
The day time that will arrive.
A mill, a vigil,
Riverfront.
A horse is grazing,
A mare is in heat,
Start of the night,
An empty trail,
Mill, vigil,
Riverfront.
A mill, a vigil,
Riverfront.
A horse is grazing,
A mare is in heat,
Start of the night,
An empty trail,
Mill, vigil,
Riverfront.
Mill, vigil,
Riverfront.
Mill, vigil...
1. native person of the Amazon basin