A Carta [English translation]

Don't go taking everything so seriously

If feel you can, let it go

If you know how to trust your criteria

There's nothing to fear

Don't go taking everything so easy

Fight to have the best

If you make a mistake for love, God blesses you

Be yourself

Where your belief was wrong

The flower of doubt opened up

I'll read to you the letter Biel sent

For you, from Brazil:

'They told me such gibberish, they only said nonsense

Like everybody says.

They told me that the leash and a plate with food1

Were all that a dog had always wanted

They brought me a mousetrap with the best quality cheese

That got me by my nose

They gave me a cage as a home, and tied my wings

And told me to be happy.

But how can I be happy on a roost?

How can I be happy without jumping?

But how can I be happy on a roost

If nobody can be happy without flying?

Oh, I didn't cry for the tears to become a song

And to my surprise, my voice undid the knots

That held me so tight

And without the rope around my neck and the bars in the window

And without the weight of the handcuffs on my hand

I found the key to this cell

I devoured my problem and swallowed its solution

Ah, if everyone could know

How easy it is to live outside this prison

And discovered that sadness has an end

And that happiness can be as simple as a handshake.

Do you get it?

This is the virus I advise you to contract

While looking for the cure of madness

Those who are headstrong will die in the shore'

1. Dog food

• Artist:Djavan