Massacre in Dili

Paquito was sorrow
Paquito was pain
Paquito was hope.

Paquito
Woke up,
Got dressed,
Left.

The telephone rang
It was Clara
A tragedy has taken place
In Dili
There are people dead and injured
There are people imprisoned and missing
There is resistance.
From Paquito
Nobody heard a word
He is missing
Was he killed (?)
I do not know it...

To them
Paquito is dead.
To me
Paquito lives
For
Paquito is resistance
Paquito is Timor
And Timor ... is Life!

Delmar Maia Gonçalves
Parede, 5 de Maio de 1995.