Sky rises above the rooftop, The
So blue, so calm!
A palm tree rises above the rooftop
Rocking its fronds.

The bell in that sky up there
Is softly ringing.
A bird on that branch up there
Is tenderly singing.

My God, my God, life is there
Simple and good.
That peaceful hum out there
Comes from your neighborhood.

—What have you done, you over there,
Always in tears,
Tell me, what have you done, you over there,
With your young years?