If also what is sung
Still counts in making history,
Then we shall sing together,
If we know we shan't arrive
If we stand alone,
Then we'll join hands as we go,
If tiredness affects us
On the way, we'll socialize the sacrifice,
To raise the thirst for justice
At every cross-road,
We'll celebrate a victory.
And so we'll learn
Anew to be ourselves.

Poems : Edited by Else R P Vieira. Translation © Bernard McGuirk.