Moema. Poem by Marcondes Pereira

Moema shines more than angels and gold.

More beautiful than nymphs from sunrise,
Gorgeous Moema, a queen among women,
a goddess among American and European men.
She sailed away towards her own demise.

Caramuru rejected a passionate lover.
She was swallowed by a deadly sea, sad lack of light
Aphrodite and Bahia cry before perpetual moonlight
Hades smashed her, as a giant smashes a clover.

Moema died and now, Brazil feels empty and old.