Deus Lhe Pague [English translation]

For this bread for food, for this floor for bed

For the certificate to be born, for the allowance to laugh

For letting me breathe, for letting me live

May God pay you back

For the crying pleasure, for the words of support

For the pun at the pub, for the football as sport

For the crime for gossiping, for the samba to forget

May God pay you back

For some cloth, some women and a beach

The rushed love, shave myself and leave

For the church, the comics and this lovely eve

May god pay you back

For the free cachaça we must puke from

For the smoke and disgrace we must cough from

For the swinging scaffoldings we must fall from

May god pay you back

For one more agonizing day to bear and see

For the clenching teeth and this howling city

And for the mad scream that help us escape it

May god pay you back

For paid mourning that cries and spits over us

And for flyworms to kiss and embrace us

And for the peace that at last will redeem us

May god pay you back

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Construção (1971)