I
Immobile is the earth when the goddess Jaguar
enters at night in the village
and with her Urucú, Pajuará Jupicahy,
Tuarí, Arari, Mangalô
their faces illuminated, a strip of light
a warrior dances in each one
II
She is the divinity Jaguar
Opens the universe closed dark
the shell, nest of all beings
Murucú Maracá
III
the children warriors
- each one incarnates a myth -
have belts of braided hay
adorned with cockatoo wings
earrings of cockatoo Feathers
necklaces of jaguar nails
bracelets of river shells
VII
the child jaguar
transforms in all things
that live in the water
transforms in all things
that live on the earth
there is no difference between animals and plants
what lives in the forest is inside the goddess
VIII
the children begin dancing in a ring
in them dances the skin of the animals
kaiku-si ma gelê tapê-wai
I said that this was a jaguar
who comes out of the circle
kaiku-si ma gelê tapê-wai
I said that this was a jaguar
IX
She is the divinity Jaguar
Like the ancient forest
is her soul
Márcia Theóphilo - 1994
English version by Hania Kochansky -2000
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