Temporal [English translation]

Those who have seen the earth moaning

In the white teeth of the sea

And the cold slab of foam

Seven feet from one's eyes

Has stepped in the curves of the map

And on the rays of the rising sun

Has touched the strings of the harp

Of incandescent steel

I went through the whole dream

In the dead of the night

And I saw bullet plantations

Seeds from the shotgun

I kill, you kill and he kills

Those who boast won't really kill

Those who are silent acquiesce to the speaking

And the shouts of the boss

Those who saw the black dogs

Barking to the moonlight

And the vain flight of bats

Screaming quietly in the air

Know the strenght contained

In the spring of the storms

Casting a shadow over the stars

On the shoulders of the generals

The cruelest trap

Crossroads of the ends

And the foundations of the islands

Eaten by the termites

The delicate flower of the wound

Hurting even the machete

And the map of my life

In the palm of my hand

Those who have seen an arm of sadow

Cast by the leaves of a palm tree

Land in a long caress

In the shoulders of the whole earth

Have heard from the night's mouth

A fierce and deadly silence

And seen the jester

Dancing in a funeral

The cruelest trap

Crossroads of the ends

And the foundations of the islands

Eaten by the termites

The delicate flower of the wound

Hurting even the machete

And the map of my life

In the palm of my hand

• Artist:Zé Ramalho