Abandonada [English translation]

There are so many nameless children

In this world,

Without anyone... Without anyone...

So many lost

Hearts, that don't beat:

They only suffer... They only suffer...

Shelters under the bridge,

Schools under moonlight,

Pretend toys

And the streets are their home!

So many nameless children,

Without a mother or a father

More every time... More every time...

So many forgotten little souls

That no one sees

But, why...? But, why...?

The world keeps turning, moving forward

Without paying any attention,

And that child's name

Will not change...

[Chorus:]

Abandoned!

Abandoned!

They will always be called

By that name!

Abandoned!

Abandoned!

They will always be a nameless child,

Without a life and without anything...

So many children are born

Without asking

To be born... To be born...

So many innocent people pay

For things they haven't done

So many times... So many times...

And soon they earn, upon being born,

Boundless pain:

A cradle made out of thorns for their inheritance

And a name like this one...

[Chorus:]

Abandoned!

Abandoned!

They will always be called

By that name!

Abandoned!

Abandoned!

They will always be a nameless child,

Without a life and without anything...

But we cannot allow this

To happen ever again!

It's the time for us to give a name,

A home and everything else to this child!

(Abandoned!

Abandoned!

It's high time for us to give a little

To those who have nothing!

Abandoned!

Abandoned!

It's high time for us to give a little

To those who have nothing...!)

• Artist:Ágata (Portugal)
• Album:Abandonada (1997)