- The vessels were, on the way,
- As embarcações eram, na maneira,
- Very fast, narrow and long:
- Mui veloces, estreitas e compridas:
- The sails, with which they came, were of mat
- As velas, com que, vêm, eram de esteira
- Dumas palm leaves, well woven;
- Dumas folhas de palma, bem tecidas;
- The people of color were true,
- A gente da cor era verdadeira,
- What Faeton, in the lit earth,
- Que Faeton, nas terras acendidas,
- To the world he gave, the bold, the unwise:
- Ao mundo deu, de ousado, o não prudente:
- The Pado knows it, the Lampetusa feels it.
- O Pado o sabe, o Lampetusa o sente.