Apesar de Você [English translation]

Today it’s you who gives orders

What is said, is said

There's no discussing it

Today every person

Talks about you behind your back

And looks to the floor, can you see?

You who invented this state

And who tried to invent

All this darkness

You who invented sin

Forgot to invent

forgiveness

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

I’m asking you

Where will you hide

From our happiness

How will you ban

When a cock insists

To start singing ?

New water will be sprouting

And people loving each other

All the time

When the time comes

All this suffering

I will ask you to pay with interest, I swear**

All this repressed love

This contained shout

This samba in the dark

You who invented sadness

Please just

Disinvent it

You will pay double

For every tear that fell

Down my face

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

I will even pay to see

The garden blossom,

The one you didn't want

You will suffer

When you see the sun shining

Without asking for permission

I will die of laughter

This day will arrvive

Before you can even think about it

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

You will have to see

When the morning is born

How will you explain to yourself

When suddely

The sky gets clear

And people are gonna sing,

Facing you

In spite of you

….

• Artist:Chico Buarque