ARTICLE 1
It is decreed that now truth is valid
that now life is valid
and that, hand in hand,
we will all work towards the valid life.
ARTICLE 2
It is decreed that all days of the week,
including the most ashen of Tuesdays,
have the right to become Sunday mornings.
ARTICLE 3
It is decreed that, from this instant forward,
there will be sunflowers in all of the windows
and that the sunflowers will have the right
to bloom in the shade;
and that the windows must remain open the whole day
facing the green pastures where grows.
ARTICLE 4
It is decreed that man will never again have
to doubt his fellow man.
That man will have trust in man
like the palm tree trusts the wind
like the wind trusts the air
like the air trusts the blue fields of the sky.
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Man will trust his fellow man
like a child trusts another child.
ARTICLE 5
It is decreed that men
are free from the yoke of lies.
Never again will it be necessary to use
the shield of silence
or the armor of words.
Man will sit at the table
with his stare unsoiled
because truth will come to be served
before the after-meal conversation.
ARTICLE 6
It is established, for ten centuries,
the reality dreamed by the prophet Isaiah
and the wolf and the lamb will graze together
and the food of both
will have the same taste as that of dawn.
ARTICLE 7
By irrevocable decree is established
the everlasting reign of and that light
and joy will be a generous flag
spread out forever in the souls of the people.
ARTICLE 8
It is decreed that the greatest anguish
was and will always be
not being able to give to whom one loves
and not knowing that water
is what gives the plant the miracle of the flower.
ARTICLE 9
It is permitted that our daily bread
have, for man, the mark of his sweat
but that it always have, above all,
the warm taste of .
ARTICLE 10
It is permitted that any person,
at any time in their life,
wear a white suit.
ARTICLE 11
It is decreed that, by definition,
man is an animal that loves
and that is why he's beautiful,
much more beautiful than a morning star.
ARTICLE 12
It is decreed that nothing will be mandatory or prohibited.
Everything will be allowed,
especially playing with rhinoceroses
and an afternoon walk
with a giant begonia in the buttonhole of one's lapel.
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Only one thing is prohibited:
ARTICLE 13
It is decreed that money
will never again be able to buy
the sunlight of mornings to come.
Expelled from the great chest of fear,
money will transform itself into a fraternal sword
to defend the right to sing
and the celebration of the dawn of a new day.
FINAL ARTICLE
It is prohibited to use the word
which will be censored from dictionaries
and from the deceitful marshes of the mouth.
From this instant forward
freedom will be something transparent and alive,
like a fire or a river,
or like the seeds of wheat,
and man's heart
will always be its dwelling.
(Thiago de Mello)