O Êxtase de Santa Teresa Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Eu ia pelo mosteiro

I walked through the monastery

Eu ia pensando no meu grande amor

I was thinking about my great love

Tinha perdido umas chaves

I had lost some keys

Por certo no corredor

Surely in the corridor


Olhava em todo cantinho mirava uma planta

I looked in every little corner, gazed at a plant

Mirava uma flor

Gazed at a flower

Que são José me ajudasse, não

May Saint Joseph help me, no

Ossa senhora e nosso senhor

Our Lady and our Lord


Parei ao pé de uma escada

I stopped at the foot of a staircase

Minha alma inundava suavíssima luz

My soul was flooded with gentle light

Quando na entrada do claustro

When at the entrance of the cloister

Alguma coisa reluz

Something shone

Vi dois formosos bracinhos

I saw two beautiful little arms

Pra mim abertinhos em forma de cruz

Open for me in the shape of a cross


Ai que menino tão lindo!

Oh, what a beautiful child!

Tão lindo, tão lindo! Menino Jesus!

So beautiful, so beautiful! Baby Jesus!

Fiquei até abobada

I was amazed

Fiquei extasiada ante aquela lindeza

I was ecstatic in front of that beauty

E quando indagou meu nome quase morri de surpresa

And when he asked for my name, I almost died of surprise


Tereza só de Jesus

Teresa only of Jesus

A mais indigna serva de vossa realeza

The most unworthy servant of your royalty

E o teu? O meu?

And yours? Mine?

O meu teu nome invertido

Mine, your name inverted

É bem parecido é Jesus de Teresa

Is quite similar, it's Jesus of Teresa

Added by Tatiana Fernandes
Lisbon, Portugal December 18, 2024
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