maguinha: Music

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)
• MP3 short clip, lo-fi play (modem)

I wrote this poem in December of 1992 in Brasilia when the glorious beauty of the morning was healing to my heart.

E o que me resta
Nesta manhã de sol
Domingueira
`A caminho do pão
E do jornal?

Restam-me os passos
Sob as árvores
Nos trilheiros
Abundantes de luz.

Resta-me quem fui
E o que não sou ainda

E o que me resta
nesta manhã de sol?
Azul
Terra Brazilis
Vermelho
Verde
Ouro

Resta-me
Resta-me
O esplendor
desta manhã.

What do I have left
On this sunny
Sunday-like morning
On my way to bread
And the morning paper?

I have my own steps
Under the trees
On these trails
Ablaze with sunlight.

I have who I used to be
And what I will become.

What do I have left
On this sunny morning?
Blue
Terra Brazilis
Red
Green
Gold

I still have
This morning
Splendor