Um Índio

An Indian will descend from a bright, colorful star
Of a star that will come at a dizzying speed
And will land in the heart of the southern hemisphere
In America, in a clear instant

After the last indigenous nation was exterminated
And the spirit of the birds of the clear water springs
More advanced than the most advanced
Of the most advanced technologies

Will come
Undaunted like Muhammad Ali
I will come and see
Passionately like Peri
I will come and see
Calm and infallible like Bruce Lee
I will come and see
The axé of the afoxé Children of Gandhi
Will come

An Indian preserved in full physical body
In every solid, every gas and every liquid
In atoms, words, soul, color
In gesture, in smell, in shadow, in light, in magnificent sound

At a point equidistant between the Atlantic and the Pacific
From the resplendent yes-object the Indian will descend
If the things I know he will say, he will do
I don't know how to say it explicitly

Will come
Undaunted like Muhammad Ali
I will come and see
Passionately like Peri
I will come and see
Calm and infallible like Bruce Lee
I will come and see
The axé of the afoxé Children of Gandhi
Will come

Will come
Undaunted like Muhammad Ali
I will come and see
Passionately like Peri
I will come and see
Calm and infallible like Bruce Lee
I will come and see
The axé of the afoxé Children of Gandhi
Will come

And what will be revealed to the people at that moment
It will surprise everyone not because it is exotic
But because it may have always been hidden
When will it have been the obvious