Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Hoje eu queria fazer um poema
Com pena dos versos de chumbo que faço
E faria um poema voando tão leve
Um poema de éter, poema de pássaro
Hoje eu faria um poema tão peixe
Nadar nos seus olhos da cor do melaço
Um poema azul
Um poema marinho
Um poema pescado
Tomado de assalto
Hoje eu faria um poema tão fino
Batendo no sino
Que achei num tesouro
Num sonho dourado
Um poema magia
Depois te daria
Meu sino de ouro
Translation
Today I wanted to make a poem
With pity for the lead verses I make
And I would make a poem flying so lightly
A poem of ether, a poem of bird
Today I would make a poem so fish-like
Swimming in your molasses-colored eyes
A blue poem
A marine poem
A fished poem
Taken by assault
Today I would make a poem so fine
Ringing the bell
That I found in a treasure
In a golden dream
A magic poem
Then I would give you
My golden bell
