So many times I set off fireworks
Imagining that you were already coming
I stayed here in my quiet corner
Listening to the noise
That longing had

So many times I set off fireworks
Imagining that you were already coming
I stayed here in my quiet corner
Listening to the noise
That longing had

As João Cabral de Mello Neto said
A rooster alone does not weave a morning
I felt on my skin the hand of your affection
When I heard the song of the acauã
The breeze came like sweet soft cane

It stole a kiss from me
Good to love
How much memory this affection brought
A kiss is worth what it contains

How many times I set off fireworks
Imagining that you were already coming
I stayed here in my quiet corner
Listening to the noise
That longing had
How many times I set off fireworks
Imagining that you were already coming
I stayed here in my quiet corner
Listening to the noise
That longing had

I took the lace out of the mothballs
I lined the bed, covered the table
And made a curtain

I swept the house with a fine broom
I set up the hammock on the porch
Decorated with bonina
You arrived at the break of day
I have never felt so much joy
If I had known I would have set off fireworks
Lit a bonfire
And filled the sky with balloons
Our love is so beautiful, so sincere
Like a Saint John's festival

How many times I set off fireworks
Imagining that you were already coming
I stayed here in my quiet corner
Listening to the noise
That longing had
How many times I set off fireworks
Imagining that you were already coming
I stayed here in my quiet corner
Listening to the noise
That longing had

I took the lace out of the mothballs
I lined the bed, covered the table
And made a curtain

I swept the house with a fine broom
I set up the hammock on the porch
Decorated with bonina
You arrived at the break of day
I have never felt so much joy
If I had known I would have set off fireworks
Lit a bonfire
And filled the sky with balloons
Our love is so beautiful, so sincere
Like a Saint John's festival

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