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Long live our poetry and music! The poem “José” by Carlos Drummond de Andrade was originally published in 1942, in the collection Poesias. It illustrates the feeling of loneliness and abandonment of the individual in the big city, his lack of hope and the sensation of being lost in life, not knowing which path to take. “José” was set to music and recorded by the singer and composer from Pernambuco, Paulo Diniz, in 1972 on the album ...E Agora José? E agora, José? (Paulo Diniz and Carlos Drummond de Andrade) And now, José? The party is over, the lights are out, the people are gone, the night has grown cold, and now, José? And now, you? You who are nameless, who mock others, you who write verses, who love, who protest? And now, José? He has no wife, no speech, no affection, he can no longer drink, he can no longer smoke, he can no longer spit, the night has grown cold, the day has not come, utopia has not come and everything has ended and everything has fled and everything has gone moldy, and now, José? What now, José? Your sweet words, your moment of fever, your gluttony and fasting, your library, your gold mine, your glass suit, your incoherence, your hatred - what now? With the key in your hand you want to open the door, there is no door; you want to die at sea, but the sea has dried up; you want to go to Minas, there is no Minas anymore. José, what now? If you screamed, if you moaned, if you played the Viennese waltz, if you slept, if you got tired, if you died... But you don't die, you are hard, José! Alone in the dark like a wild animal, without theogony, without a bare wall to lean against, without a black horse that gallops away, you march, José! Jose, where to?