PEOPLE WHO WASHES IN THE RIVER

Povo que lavas no rio
Que talhas com teu machado
As tábuas do teu caixão
Pode haver quem te defenda
Quem compre o teu chão sagrado
Mas a tua vida não.
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People who washes in the river
And hoists with your ax
The boards of your coffin
There may be those who defend you
Who buy your sacred ground
But your life they don't.
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by Pedro Homem de Mello, excerpt of the poem