Spirit Voices

We sailed up a river wide as a sea

And slept on the banks On the leaves of a banyan tree

And all of these spirit voices rule the night

Some stories are magical, meant to be sung

Songs from the mouth of the river When the world was young

And all of these spirit voices rule the night

By moon, we walk To the brujo’s door

Along a path of river stones

Women with their nursing children Seated on the floor

We join the fevers And the broken bones

The candlelight flickers The falcon calls

A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall

And all of these spirit voices

Sing rainwater, seawater River water, holy water

Wrap this child in mercy, heal her Heaven’s only daughter

All of these spirit voices rule the night

My hands were numb And my feet were lead

I drank a cup of herbal brew Then the sweetness in the air

Combined with the lightness in my head

And I heard the jungle breathing in the bamboo

Saudocões Da licenca um momento

Te lembró Que amanhã

Será tudo ou será naoa Depende coração

Será breve ou será grande Depende da paixão

Será sujo, será sonho Cuidado, coração

Será util, será tarde Se esmera, coração

E confia Na força do amanhã

Lord of the earthquake My trembling bed

The spider resumes the rhythm Of his golden thread

And all of these spirit voices rule the night

And all of these spirit voices rule the night

And all of these spirit voices