For this year’s World Language Week, Sacred Heart Greenwich students shared their work in French, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese.  Senior Caterina Pye composed a poem entitled “My Brazil” in Portuguese. 

Meu Brasil by Caterina Pye

Assistindo futebol e roendo as unhas

Todos fazem parte do time, vestimos a camisa com suas derrotas e conquistas

Comendo picadinho e reclamando do calor do sol

Não há outra comida que eu prefira

Mangas frescas e abacaxi, acerola, carambola, cajá e cajú

São tantas frutas novas alinhadas à superfície da mesa

Depois de nadar no mar quente da Praia Preta

Queimada pelos raios do sol

Eu mal posso esperar pelo amanhã

Os sons do samba tocam alto, atabaques, agogô, y cavaquinhos

Enquanto assisto aos desfiles de carnaval

Trajes de penas, lantejoulas, plumas, passam rapidamente, brilhos que ficarão pra sempre na memória

Não quero deixar esse lugar

Quase choro

Trarei sempre comigo

Sua alma alegre Brasil

Translation

Watching soccer and biting our nails

Everyone’s a part of the team, wearing the jerseys through the wins and defeats 

Eating picadinho, complaining about the sun’s heat 

There’s no other food I would rather eat 

Fresh mangoes, pineapple, acerola, star fruit, cajá e cajú

So many new fruits aligning the table’s surface

After swimming in Praia Preta’s warm ocean

Sun-kissed from the sun’s rays 

I can’t wait for another day 

The sounds of samba loudly play, atabaques, agogô, and cavaquinhos

As I watch the carnival parades 

Sequin feathery costumes quickly flash by, sparkles that will remain forever in my memory

I don’t want to leave this place

I almost cried

I will always bring with me

Your joyful soul Brazil

The King Street Chronicle thanks senior Caterina Pye ’23 for her contribution. 

Featured Image by Ana López del Punta ’23