He came dancing across the water He came dancing across the water Ele veio dançando pela água With his galleons and guns With his galleons and guns Com seus galeões e suas armas de fogo Searching for the new world Searching for the new world Buscando o novo mundo In that palace in the sun In that palace in the sun Naquele palácio ao sol On the shore lay Montezuma On the shore lay Montezuma Na margem, estava Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls With his coca leaves and pearls Com suas folhas de coca e pérolas In his halls he often wandered In his halls he often wandered Em seus salões, ele sempre se perguntava With the secrets of the worlds With the secrets of the worlds Sobre os segredos dos mundos And his subjects gathered 'round him And his subjects gathered 'round him E seus súditos se juntavam em sua volta Like the leaves around a tree Like the leaves around a tree Como folhas em volta de uma árvore In their clothes of many colors In their clothes of many colors Em seus trajes multicoloridos For the angry gods to see For the angry gods to see Sob o olhar de deuses furiosos And the women all were beautiful And the women all were beautiful E todas as mulheres eram lindas And the men stood straight and strong And the men stood straight and strong E os homens permeneceram valentes e fortes They offered life in sacrifice They offered life in sacrifice Eles ofereceram vida em sacrifício So that others could go on So that others could go on Para que outros pudecem continuar Hate was just a legend Hate was just a legend Ódio era apenas uma lenda And war was never known And war was never known E da guerra nunca se soube The people worked together The people worked together As pessoas trabalharam juntas And they lifted many stones And they lifted many stones E eles ergueram muitas pedras They carried them to the flatlands They carried them to the flatlands Eles as levaram para as planícies And they died along the way And they died along the way E eles morreram pelo caminho But they built up with their bare hands But they built up with their bare hands Mas eles construíram com as próprias mãos What we still can't do today What we still can't do today O que, hoje, nós ainda não fazemos And I know she's living there And I know she's living there E eu sei que ela está vivendo lá And she loves me to this day And she loves me to this day E ela me ama até hoje I still can't remember when I still can't remember when Eu não me lembro quando Or how I lost my way Or how I lost my way Ou como eu perdi meu rumo He came dancing across the water He came dancing across the water Ele veio dançando através da água Cortez, Cortez Cortez, Cortez Cortez, Cortez What a killer What a killer Que assassino