Quão admiráveis as árvores
Mas não por isso as copio e me enraízo
Sou ser de pés
Anseio, sim, por solo firme
Porém, sendo assim, se faz pé feito
Perfeito
Nada agride
Perfeito
Nada agride
Não me esqueço
Tenho pés para ir
Não estou no mundo,
Aqui
Pra fugir
Partir
Pé ir
Partir
Pé ir
Nem sequer permanecer
- mas sim florescer -
- mas sim florescer -
Só Nele me firmo
[Minha] verdadeira Raiz
The Oak Tree
by Johnny Ray Ryder Jr.
A mighty wind blew night and day.
It stole the Oak Tree's leaves away.
Then snapped its boughs
and pulled its bark
until the Oak was tired and stark.
But still the Oak Tree held its ground
while other trees fell all around.
The weary wind gave up and spoke,
"How can you still be standing Oak?"
The Oak Tree said, I know that you
can break each branch of mine in two,
carry every leaf away,
shake my limbs and make me sway.
But I have roots stretched in the earth,
growing stronger since my birth.
You'll never touch them, for you see
they are the deepest part of me.
Until today, I wasn't sure
of just how much I could endure.
But now I've found with thanks to you,
I'm stronger than I ever knew.