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Pilgrimage to Lapa

Luiz Góes

Romagem à Lapa

Se um dia a vida parasse e agente voltasse
Ao tempo que havia
E se o Mondego passasse e a todos levasse
A um velho dia

Talvez a lapa cantasse e em pedra gravasse
A nossa alegria
Talvez a Lapa sorrisse e à pedra se ouvisse
Olá, poesia

Se agora o rio pudesse juntar quem padece
De tal nostalgia
E tanta gente viesse, sem sonhos nem prece
E sem rebeldia

Talvez a Lapa chorasse em pedra gravasse
A nossa agonia
Talvez a Lapa sofresse e à pedra dissesse
Adeus, poesia

Pilgrimage to Lapa

If one day life stopped and we went back
To the time that was
And if the Mondego river flowed and took everyone
To an old day

Maybe Lapa would sing and engrave in stone
Our joy
Maybe Lapa would smile and from the stone would be heard
Hello, poetry

If now the river could bring together those who suffer
From such nostalgia
And so many people came, without dreams or prayers
And without rebellion

Maybe Lapa would cry, engrave in stone
Our agony
Maybe Lapa would suffer and to the stone would say
Goodbye, poetry

Escrita por: Luís Goes