Biography.
Torquato Pereira de Araújo Neto (November 9, 1944 – November 10, 1972) was a Brazilian journalist, poet and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a lyricist for the Tropicália counterculture movement, which later expanded its influence to Música popular brasileira. He worked with Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Edu Lobo and Waly Salomão. He committed suicide at the age of 28.
Cogito
I am as I ama pronoun
untransferable
from the man I began
at the measure of the impossible
I am as I am
now
without great secrets beneath
without new secret teeth
at this hour
I am as I am
present
unleashed, indecent
like a piece of myself
I am as I am
visionary
and I live peacefully
all the hours of the end
Let´s Play That
when I was borna crazy, very crazy angel
came to read my palm
it wasn´t a baroque angel
it was a crazy, crooked angel
with wings like a plane
and behold, this angel told me,
pressing my hand
with a clenched smile:
go on, pal, sing off key
in the happy people´s choir
go on, pal, sing of key
in the happy people´s choir
let´s play that
Translated by Dana Steven
