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King Time
I don't delude myself
Everything will remain
As has always been
Passing
Transforming
Time and space sailing
In all the ways
Sugar Loaves
Corcovados
Whipped by the rain
And by the eternal wind
Soft water
Hard rock
Hits constantly*
That not even a thought will remain
King Time!
Oh King Time
Oh King Time
Transform, please
All the old ways of living
Teach me, please
Oh Father
What I don't know yet
Mother Lady of Perpetual,
Help us!...
Thought!
Same single foundation
of all human beings
From a moment to another
It won't found
Nor Greeks nor Baianos...**
Zealous mothers
Doting fathers
Look how all the waters
Get dirty in a sudden
Don't you delude yourselves
I don't delude myself
Everything may
Be just about to explode right now
King Time!
Oh King Time
Oh King Time
Transform, please
All the old ways of living
Teache, please
Oh Father
What I don't know yet
Mother Lady of Perpetual,
Help us!... (twice)
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About translator
*Gil is a great poet, singer and songwriter. He uses lots of expression in his song that must be explained. When he sings "Água mole, pedra dura" (Soft water, hard stone) he refers to a Brazilian popular proverb "Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que a fura" (Soft water in a hard stone, hits constantly until the water drills the rock) It means that obstinancy sometimes works.
**Another use of his poetry that comes from a popular proverb in Brazil: (Agradar a gregos e troianos) "Pleasing Greek and Trojan. It means that something that was done to everyone. But he made a joke replacing Trojan by Baianos.
Baiano is any person who was born in Bahia. The state where Gil was born,