Alceu Valença — Pra Clarear song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Pra Clarear" by Alceu Valença.

Lyrics

Bota fogo na terra, José
Bota fogo no ar, Iaiá
Bota fogo na noite, José
Pra clarear
Seja chama e pavio, José
Pra desvendar, Iaiá
Os segredos do mundo, José
Pra clarear
Falou Drummond
No Sentimento do Mundo
Se eu me chamasse Raimundo
Não seria a solução
Seria rima
Verso, prosa, poesia
E o mundo não mudaria
Eis aí toda questão
Bota fogo na terra, José
Bota fogo no ar, Iaiá
Bota fogo na noite, José
Pra clarear
Seja chama e pavio, José
Pra desvendar, Iaiá
Os segredos do mundo, José
Pra clarear
Pra Carlos Prestes
O mundo se resumia
Todo em ideologia
Em massa, revolução
O Cavaleiro montava sua utopia
Não via, não percebia
Como crescia o Japão
Bota fogo na terra, José
Bota fogo no ar, Iaiá
Bota fogo na noite, José
Pra clarear
Seja chama e pavio, José
Pra desvendar, Iaiá
Os segredos do mundo, José
Pra clarear
Eu que vivi
Com meu peito dividido
Entre a certeza e a dúvida
Entre só ser
E ser não
Sou mais Pessoa
Lembro da Tabacaria
Sem a vã filosofia
Sem resposta nem questão

Lyrics translation

Set fire to the Earth, Joseph
Put fire in the air, Yayah
Set fire to the night, Joseph
To lighten
Be flame and Wick, Joseph
To unravel, IAIA
The secrets of the world, Joseph
To lighten
Spoke Drummond
In the feeling of the world
If my name was Raimundo
It would not be the solution
Serious rhyme
Verse, prose, poetry
And the world would not change
That's the whole point.
Set fire to the Earth, Joseph
Put fire in the air, Yayah
Set fire to the night, Joseph
To lighten
Be flame and Wick, Joseph
To unravel, IAIA
The secrets of the world, Joseph
To lighten
For Carlos Prestes
The world summed up
All in ideology
Mass revolution
The Knight rode his utopia
I didn't see, I didn't understand.
How Japan grew
Set fire to the Earth, Joseph
Put fire in the air, Yayah
Set fire to the night, Joseph
To lighten
Be flame and Wick, Joseph
To unravel, IAIA
The secrets of the world, Joseph
To lighten
I who lived
With my chest split
Between certainty and doubt
Enter only be
And be no
I'm more of a person
I remember The Tobacconist
Without vain philosophy
No answer or question