Berimbau

1963 by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes
Named after the berimbau, a single-string percussion instrument
The berimbau itself acts as a metaphor for a fragile link between lovers and cultures

‘He who is a good man does not betray
The love that wants the best for him
He who often says he will leave, he does not
As he never leaves, he never arrives
He who had never been inside himself
Will die having loved no one
The money of the one who does not give
Is the labor of the one who does not have
A good capoeira never falls
But if one day he falls, he falls well