Olha Maria [English translation]

Look Maria

I really wanted

To make you a prey

Of my poetry

But today, Maria

To my surprise

To my sadness

You must leave

Leave, Maria

Because you are so beautiful

Because you are so anxious

To abandon me

I feel, Maria

That you are just visiting me

Your body is shaking

Wanting to dance

Leave, Maria

Because you are all naked

Because the Moon is calling you

Because you are such a woman

Blaze, Maria

In the flames of the Moon

Maria the Gipsy

Maria the tide

Leave singing

Maria running away

Against the wind

Playing, sleeping

In the lap of a mountain range

In the empty countryside

On a riverbed

In the arms of the sea

Go, joy

Because life, Maria

Lasts no more than a day

I won't keep you prisoner

Run, Maria

Because life doesn't wait

It's a spring

That you can't afford to lose

Go, Maria

Because I would only have

My agony

To offer you

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