Que Deus Me Perdoe Lyrics Translation in English

Amália Rodrigues
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Se a minha alma fechada

If my closed soul

Se pudesse mostrar,

If it could show,

E o que eu sofro calada

And what I suffer in silence

Se pudesse contar,

If I could tell,

Toda a gente veria

Everyone would see

Quanto sou desgraçada

How wretched I am

Quanto finjo alegria

How much joy I pretend

Quanto choro a cantar...

How much I cry while singing...


Que Deus me perdoe

May God forgive me

Se é crime ou pecado

If it's a crime or a sin

Mas eu sou assim

But I am like this

E fugindo ao fado,

And avoiding fate,

Fugia de mim.

I would flee from myself.

Cantando dou brado

Singing, I give a shout

E nada me dói

And nothing hurts me

Se é pois um pecado

So if it's a sin

Ter amor ao fado

To love fado

Que Deus me perdoe.

May God forgive me.


Quanto canto não penso

As much as I sing, I don't think

No que a vida é de má,

About how life is bad,

Nem sequer me pertenço,

I don't even belong to myself,

Nem o mal se me dá.

And I don't care about evil.

Chego a querer, na verdade

I even come to desire, in truth

E a sonhar, sonho imenso

And dreaming, I dream immensely

Que tudo é felicidade

That everything is happiness

E tristeza não há.

And there is no sadness.

Added by Rodrigo Almeida
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau September 13, 2025
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