Good Hope

Boa Esperança

Good Hope

Eles vieram do mar
They came from the sea
Ela os trouxe a mim
She brought them to me
Apesar de eu ter certeza que eles amaldiçoaram as maneiras assassinas dela
Though I’m sure they did curse her most murderous means
Atirados nas rochas
Thrown on the rocks
Corações e corpos partidos
Broken bodies and hearts
Eles lavaram nas praias a maioria das nossas partes sulistas
They washed up on the shores of our southern most parts

Que preço eles tinham ganhado
What a price they had won
Embora eles quase tivessem sussurrado
Thought they barely had sought
As montanhas verdes que se erguiam os chamaram adiante
The green mountains that rose up above called them forth
Então eles marcharam para o monte
So they hiked to the mount
Para o cume
To that high table top
Onde a visão que aguardava a vista gritou
Where the view that awaited the gaze, shouted
"Você pode fazer tudo, rapaz!"
“You can do anything boy!”

Eles vieram do mar
They came from the sea
Ela os trouxe a mim
She brought them to me
Somente o tempo dirá que tipo de presente eles serão
Only time will show what sort of gift they will be

Na baía abaixo
In the bay down below
Em uma cama escura e nada amigável
On a dark, friendless bed
está o vaso que carregou as esperanças deles nos seios dela
Lay the vessel that carried their hopes in her breast
Agora o medo de aumentar
Now the thrill of the swell
Eles aprenderiam a se arrepender então
They’d since learnt to regret
Onde a visão que aguardava a vista gritou
But the view that awaited their gaze, shouted
"Você pode fazer tudo, rapaz!"
“You can do anything boy!”

Eles vieram do mar
They came from the sea
Ela os trouxe a mim
She brought them to me
Apesar de eu ter certeza que eles amaldiçoaram as maneiras assassinas dela
Though I’m sure they did curse her most murderous means