Erva daninha a alastrar [English translation]

Only I know...

Only I know that I am earth,

Rough earth waiting to be plowed;

Wild, unproductive mountains,

A mulberry, an untouched fruit.

Only I know that I am a stone;

I'm a stone that's hard to shape.

I'm a stone thrown through a hoop,

An unpolished gem that cannot be inlaid.

The interpretation is what they want to give:

I don't have a talent for haggling!

I also don't know if I want to improve it,

Because I don't know...

[Chorus:]

Because I don't know whether I want to be polished,

I also don't know if I want to be filed.

I also don't know whether I want to escape

From this animal... From this animal...

I also don't know whether I want to be polished,

I also don't know if I want to be filed.

I also don't know whether I want to escape

From this animal that keeps searching...

La ra la ra la-la ra la la...

Only I know that I'm a weed:

A spreading weed!

Poison darnel, I thunder out threats

On the sickeningly sweet herbs.

Only I know that I am clay

That's difficult to mold.

Loam with cement and sand;

Not everyone knows how to work it.

In unmade molds, I don't know how to be made:

I can break all the established forms!

I also don't know whether I want to be shaped,

Because I don't know...

[Chorus:]

Because I don't know whether I want to be polished,

I also don't know if I want to be filed.

I also don't know whether I want to escape

From this animal... From this animal...

I also don't know whether I want to be polished,

I also don't know if I want to be filed.

I also don't know whether I want to escape

From this animal that keeps searching...

La ra la ra la-la ra la la...

• Artist:António Variações
• Album:Dar e receber (1984)