In this Barrcast we read and translate the poem Nascer, by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

Our translation:

Sprout
again and again
indefinitely
like the plant is ever sprouting
from the first seed;
to think the day good
to create clarity
and in it discover
the first syllable
of the first song

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