Berimbau

A good man does not betray
the love that wants the best for him.

He who often says he will leave never leaves;
as he never leaves, he never arrives.

He who does not leave himself
will die having loved no one.

The money of the one who does not give
is the labor of the one who does not have.

A good capoeirista never falls,
but if one day he falls, he falls well.

Capoeira tells me
to say I have already arrived,
having arrived to fight.

The berimbau assures me
it will have lovers quarrel.
Such sadness, my friends.

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If there were neither love
nor that pain,
and if there were neither suffering
nor tears,
it would be better for it all to end.

I loved, I loved too much.
No one has suffered what I suffered for love.
I cried, I lost my peace,
but I know that no one will ever have more,
more than I have.