Viela Lyrics Translation in English

Alfredo Marceneiro
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English Translation

Fui de viela em viela

I went from alley to alley

Numa delas, dei com ela

In one of them, I came across her

E quedei-me enfeitiçado...

And I remained enchanted...

Sob a luz dum candeeiro,

Under the light of a streetlamp,

S'tava ali o fado inteiro,

The entire fate was there,

Pois toda ela era fado.

For she was all fate.


Arvorei um ar gingão,

I put on a swaggering air,

Um certo ar fadistão

A certain fado-like air

Que qualquer homem assume.

That any man assumes.

Pois confesso que aguardei

For I confess that I awaited

Quando por ela passei

When I passed by her

O convite do costume.

The customary invitation.


Em vez disso no entanto,

Instead, however,

No seu rosto só vi pranto,

In her face, I only saw tears,

Só vi desgosto e descrença.

I only saw sorrow and disbelief.

Fui-me embora amargurado

I left bitterly

Era fado, mas o fado,

It was fate, but fate,

Não é sempre o que se pensa.

Is not always what one thinks.


Ainda recordo agora

Even now I remember

A visão, que ao ir-me embora

The vision, which as I left,

Guardei da mulher perdida.

I kept of the lost woman.

Na pena que me desgarra

In the pain that tears me apart,

Só me lembra uma guitarra

It only reminds me of a guitar

A chorar penas da vida.

Crying the sorrows of life.

Added by Nuno Santos
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau July 30, 2025
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