Mood Swing

Para o meu querido Gonçalo, o emigra-mais-destemido-lá-do-bairro, tão céptico quanto crente: amigo, há palavras esporadicamente usadas e com formas correctíssimas que valem ouro. Se pusermos a Nina Simone a cantá-las, então aí vislumbramos o sublime. Ofereço-te. Ah, e bom dia!









In the morning when the moon is at it's rest,

you will see me at the time I love the best

watching rainbows play on sunlight;

pools of water iced from cold night,in the morning.

'Tis the morning of my life.



In the daytime I will meet you as before.

You will find me waiting by the ocean floor,

building castles in the shifting sands

in a world that no one understands,

In the morning.

'Tis the morning of my life.



[...]



In the evening I will fly you to the moon

To the top right hand corner of

the ceiling in my room

Where w'll stay until the sun shines

Another day to swing on clothe's lines

May I be yawning

It is the morning of my life

It is the morning of my life

In the morning



"In the morning". Letra de Barry Gibb (1966). Do álbum Nuff Said de Nina Simone, é claro. Esta música tem de ser ouvida vezes sem conta. É que faz bem à mente.