Reconvexo [English translation]

I'm the rain that throws the Sahara's sand

Over Rome's automobiles

I'm the mermaid that dances, the fearless lara

Amazon's water and leaf

I'm the shadow of Black Rome's matriarch voice

You don't get me

You don't even see me

My sound blinds you, grimace, who are you?

That didn't feel the swing of Henri Salvador

That didn't follow the Olodum shaking the Pelô

And that did not laugh with Andy Warhol's laugh

That didn't, that didn't and didn't even say "that didn't"

I'm a strong black North American

With a golden earring on the ear

I'm the flower of the first music the oldest

The newest sword and its cut

I'm the smell of the desperate books

I'm Gitá Gogóia*

Your eye look at me, but can't reach me

I have no choice, grimace, I will discard

Who didn't pray Dona Canô's** novena

Who didn't follow the beggar Joãozinho Beija-Flor

Who didn't love Bobô's*** subtle elegance

Who isn't Recôncavo**** and cannot even be "reconvexo"

I'm a strong black north-american

With a golden earring on the ear

I'm the flower of the first music the oldest

The newest sword and its cut

I'm the smell of the desperate books

I'm Gitá Gogóia*

Your eye look at me but can't reach me

I have no choice, grimace, I will discard

Who didn't pray Dona Canô's** novena

Who didn't follow the beggar Joãozinho Beija-Flor

Who didn't love Bobô's*** subtle elegance

Who isn't Recôncavo**** and cannot even be "reconvexo"

• Artist:Caetano Veloso