Apesar de Você [English translation]

Today you are in charge

What's said is final

There's no discussion

My people nowadays walk around

Talking furtively

And staring at the ground, you see?

You who invented this State

And decided to invent

All this darkness

You who invented sin

Forgot to invent

Forgiveness

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

I ask you

Where will you hide

From the enormous euphoria

How will you prohibit

When the rooster insists

On singing

New water welling up

And us, loving each other

Nonstop

When the time comes

This suffering of mine

You'll pay with interest, I swear

For all of this repressed love

This contained scream

This samba in the dark

You who invented sadness

Well, have the grace

to disinvent it

You will pay and pay double

For every tear shed

In this penance of mine

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

I will bet on seeing

The garden blossom

Just like you didn't want it to

You will feel bitter

Seeing the sun rising

Without asking for your permission

And I will die laughing

For this day shall come

Sooner than you think

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

You will have to see

The dawn arrive again

And overflow poetry

How will you explain yourself

When you see the sky clear up

All of a sudden, unpunished

How will you suppress

Our choir singing

In front of you

In spite of you

Tomorrow will be

Another day

You're going down

Etc etc

La laia la laiá

• Artist:Chico Buarque