É Proibido Proibir [English translation]

The virgin's mom says no

And the TV ad

Was written on the gate

And the bandmaster raised his finger

And beyond the door

There's the doorman, yes...

And I say no

And I say no to no

I say:

No! -- forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding...

Give me a kiss, my darling

They're waiting for us

The cars are burning in flames

To take down the shelves

The bookcases, the statues

The windows, wares, books, yes...

I say yes

I say no to no

And I say

No! - forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding...

(spoken)

I fell on the sand at that hour contrary that God concedes to his own, for the interval in which the soul is steeped in dreams that are God. What matters the sand and death and misadventure if I shielded myself with God? It is Who I dreamed myself, that is everlasting; it is as Such that I shall return.*

Give me a kiss, my darling

They're waiting for us

The cars are burning in flames

To take down the shelves

The bookcases, the statues

The windows, wares, books, yes...

And I say yes

And I say no to no

And I say: No!

...Forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding

No forbidding...

• Artist:Caetano Veloso