Mal dizer [English translation]

My motherland is so great,

That I cannot see it;

It's up in the heavens

Watching what I cannot see!

A rising dawn

In a demi-god's world:

Both living and death see

That which I cannot see!

In this society

In which all of us live,

Could it be that we are

What we're seeing?

We have birds

And we have flowers,

A smiling world

In a dream of love...

[Instrumental]

See the women

Who look out into the street, at people, seeing

What they are not

And won't ever manage to become!

And see those men

Who sail out to sea before dawn

And their wives, home

Don't do anything...

And the poor children

Who, barefoot, run across a burning ground

Not having anything

To eat!

And see, moreover,

That lady in a fur coat

Who rides by in her car

Without looking at them!

[Instrumental]

And the poor children

Who, barefoot, run across a burning ground

Not having anything

To eat!

And see, moreover,

That lady in a fur coat

Who rides by in her car

Without looking at them!

• Artist:Iris (Portugal)
• Album:Vão dar banh'ó cão (1995)