Fado Marujo
Amália Rodrigues Lyrics

O fado fez-se ao mar nas caravelas
The Fado music genre originated during the voyages of Portuguese sailors on caravels.

Despediu-se do Tejo e fez viagem
They bid farewell to the Tagus river and embarked on their journey.

Cantou-o p'lo convés a marinhagem
The sailors sang Fado on the deck of the ship to lift their spirits during their voyage.

Quando no céu acordavam estrelas
When the stars began to twinkle in the sky.

Saudades amargou de seus amores
They suffered from the bitter longing for their loved ones left behind.

Adoeceu febril e quase morto
They fell ill with a fever and neared death.

Quando já não pensava a encontrar porto
When they had already given up hope of finding a port to rest.

Foi quando achou descanso nos Açores
It was then that they found solace in the Azores.

O fado ganhou sotaques diferentes
Fado adopted different accents in the speech of the Portuguese people.

No falar das nossas gentes
In the way our people speak.

Qual deles mais engraçado
Each accent more charming than the other.

É que o fado, mesmo fora de Lisboa
Because Fado, even outside of Lisbon.

Se mexe com uma pessoa
Moves a person's soul.

Nunca deixa de ser fado
It never ceases to be Fado.

Como era marujo e atrevido
As they were a sailor and bold.

Andou com uma viola de paixões
They carried a guitar of passion.

Mas tendo ela já dois corações
But as it had already won the hearts of two others.

Tomou outra de amores e foi corrido
They fell in love with someone else and were banished.

Alguns afirmam mesmo ser verdade
Some even claim it to be true.

Que nunca se refez desses amores
That they never truly recovered from that lost love.

Tornou-se vagabundo p'los Açores
They became a wanderer in the Azores.

E de tanto chorar fez-se saudade
And from crying so much, they turned into a feeling of longing and melancholy.