Aos Nossos Filhos is a Brazilian Portuguese ballad by Ivan Lins, written with Vitor Martins. It was released in 1978 as track 7 on the album BIS – Ivan Lins, produced by Mariozinho Rocha. The lyrics speak in the voice of a parent asking forgiveness for hard days and the lack of warmth, shelter, and choices, and then imagine a brighter future when those days pass, where flowers bloom, forests grow, and fruits are harvested, inviting the listener to share that taste of life for the children. The song sits in the Brazilian pop tradition of the late 1970s and remains a notable piece in Lins’s catalog.
