Itapuā [English translation]

Our love shone over the moving waters

She was my guide when I was young and happy

Our rhythm, our shine, our future's fruit

Everything was tomorrow's

Our sex, our style, our world's reflection

Everything was in Itapuã

Itapuã*, your full moons, your ugly houses

You saw everything, everything, the whole of us

Itapuã, your sludge, algae, souls that coalesce

Keep everything, everything, the smell of us

Abaeté**, this white area nobody starts in

It's what God made us

Nothing stays in Itapuã

Yet I'm happy

Itapuã, when you lack me, your high palms

Send me a wind, like this: Caymmi***

Itapuã, your sun burns me and my verse insists

On singing your name, endlessly your name

Abaeté, all mine and hers

The beautiful pond knows, keeps quiet, and speaks

I sing to you in the constellations over you

I am happy

She was my guide when I was happy and young

• Artist:Caetano Veloso
• Album:Circuladô