NEEDFULS
( Daniel Cristal POR – Trad. Ronaldo Coutinho )

 
 
Really I don't need much to be happy!
In the first place, I need a  smile:
Mine looked at your gorgeus face.
I need the flower's sweet smell during the day;
At night I need only a Star...
 
Only the flower - my Star, the air of  each morning,
The grace of the happy child saluting the hope,
That satisfied regard with I see the world
Feeling the happiness waiting the eve
Of all the Earth in movement.
 
So few things I really need to be happy:
The green colour of this earth, the Sun's gladness
Or the matured rain invigorating roots
Or the poetry of the Moon greeting the Sunrise!
But I don't need what you say...
 
I don't need when you say: look for treasures!
I need, oh yes, a very strong and glad soul
to see, observe the river and the sea and moonlight
And to produce the bread for my maintenance!
I need specially your thanks...
 
I need to be happy with me and yourself,
I need the grace of God when I thank.
I need to deserve myself as a human being
When every days of my life I learn how to live,
And learning I become your brother.
 
01. 09. 2004