Bispo (translation)

 Bispo (Sidnei Dantas /Alfredo de Oliveira Neto)

Dizem que ele vem de Japaratuba People say that he comes from Japaratuba*           Mas poderia dizer But he could say apenas apareci I just showed up Borda seu universo em cada traço Embroider his universe in every line dash Que segue a risca do céu That follows the line of the sky No seu abismo era rei In his abyss he was king Se você mandar fazer If you demand that I do Um barco para me salvar A boat to save me Fico escutando você I keep listening to you Durmo de olhos pro mar I sleep with my eyes to the sea

Borda um manto verde de mangas longas Embroider a green long-sleeved mantle Com bandeirinhas de cor With little colored flags  São parecidas They are similar Broche de almirante, casa caiada Navy admiral brooch, lime painted house Da nossa federação Of our federation Terra arrasada Scorched earth Ouço o que devo fazer I hear what should I do Morro pra me apresentar I die to introduce myself Quando vão compreender? When will they understand? Solto o estandarte no ar I throw the insignate into the air Desengancho de tudo isso I get rid of all this Me convenço, perco o juízo I convince myself, I lose my mind De ver a Praia Vermelha** Seeing the “Red Beach” E o engenho de dentro*** de mim And the ingenuity inside of me

*a city from Sergipe State, northeast of Brazil

** a beautiful beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the neighborhood of Urca, where there are still two large psychiatric hospitals

***Engenho de Dentro (“Mill from Within”) is also a name of a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, where there is the first psychiatric asylum of Brazil, opened in 1852, but since 2004 renamed to Nise da Silveira Institute, a tribute to that woman psychiatrist who revolutionized mental health care in Brazil, introducing art therapy in the 40's. In 2021, hospital discharge was granted to the last patient who was hospitalized, thus ending psychiatric hospitalization at this Institute