A Palavra Mágica

' The Magic Word '

Certain word sleeps in the shadow

of a rare book.

How could it be disenchanted?

It is the key of life

the key of the world.

I will look for it.

I will look for it my entire life

all across the world.

If the encounter is deferred, if I don't find it,

I'm not disheartened,

forever I look for.

Forever I look for, and my quest

is going to be

my word.

- Carlos Drummond de Andrade