Rebento [English translation]

Offspring

abstract noun

The act, the creation, its moment

Like a new star and its parade

that only God knows, there in the sky

Offspring

Everything that's born is an offspring

Everything that sprouts, that avenges, that thrives

A rare offspring, like a flower in the ground

a plentiful offspring, like weevily wheat

Other times, the offspring is simply

in the present tense

Like the chains of a furious dog,

or the hands of an active farmer

sometimes, even dangerously

like an accident in a radioactive oven

Sometimes, only because I get nervous, I'll reborn

sometimes, only because I'm alive!

Rebirth, the immediate reaction

for every sensation of weakness

Rebirth, the heart saying: Beat!

for every punch of suffering

I'll reborn, this thunder in the middle of the woods

and the immensity of sound in this moment

• Artist:Gilberto Gil
• Album:Realce