Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes

Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.
(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? 
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
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Se Hughes obteve permissão divina para assistir a estas eleições, terão celebrado do lado de lá do véu a renovação da esperança de uma América renascida?
Que os deuses o ouçam porque os americanos parecem já ter ouvido. 'Aguardemos' dizem os amigos do Labirinto que votaram para que a América seja América outra vez.