Tempo Rei [English translation]

I don't delude myself

Everything will remain

As has always been

Passing

Transforming

Time and space sailing

In all the ways

Sugar Loaves

Corcovados

Whipped by the rain

And by the eternal wind

Soft water

Hard rock

Hits constantly*

That not even a thought will remain

King Time!

Oh King Time

Oh King Time

Transform, please

All the old ways of living

Teach me, please

Oh Father

What I don't know yet

Mother Lady of Perpetual,

Help us!...

Thought!

Same single foundation

of all human beings

From a moment to another

It won't found

Nor Greeks nor Baianos...**

Zealous mothers

Doting fathers

Look how all the waters

Get dirty in a sudden

Don't you delude yourselves

I don't delude myself

Everything may

Be just about to explode right now

King Time!

Oh King Time

Oh King Time

Transform, please

All the old ways of living

Teache, please

Oh Father

What I don't know yet

Mother Lady of Perpetual,

Help us!... (twice)

• Artist:Gilberto Gil
• Album:Raça Humana