Nasci p'ra ser ignorante [English translation]

I was born to be ignorant

But my relatives persisted

And they did not give up there

In making a student of me

What remedy I obeyed

There are already three lustres that I study

To learn I learnt everything

But all I unlearned

I lost the names of the stars

Of the rivers and places

I confused fauna and flora

The instalments hinder me

But I pass whole days

Watching the river pass

With birds and ocean waves

I have true loves

Always a star shines

Over my windowsill

Then I am not myself if I lie down

Without having spoken to her

I know more than a thousand flowers

They make themselves known to me

I just don't know how in Latin

The doctors confirm them

I was born to be ignorant

But my relatives persisted

And they did not give up there

In making a student of me

What remedy I obeyed

There are already three lustres that I study

To learn I learnt everything

But all I unlearned

While the waters run

I will not feel chills

Whether flowers, birds and rivers

To be ignorant is what they want of me

Whether flowers, birds and rivers

To be ignorant is what they want of me

• Artist:Ana Moura
• Album:Guarda-me a vida na mão (2003)