Fado Malhoa
Amália Rodrigues
Malhoa Fado
Someone that God already has, renowned painter
Who was great and it hurts us to be in the past
He painted on a canvas with art and life
The most beautiful ballad of the dearest land
He climbed to a room lit by oil
And created the most Portuguese of oil paintings
A Zé de Samarra, with his lover by his side
With his fingers gripping, he plays the guitar
And there you see the fado
It's funny the idea of listening with your eyes, gentlemen
It will, but not for those who have already seen it in color
There are voices of Alfama in that painting
And the banza spills songs of bitterness
From there I tell you I heard the voice that excels
A vulgar Faia, ordinary, singing about Severa
That is patriotic, that is Lisbon
Bohemian and fado singer, that is from an artist
And that is Malhoa
That is patriotic, that is Lisbon
Bohemian and fado singer, that is from an artist
And that is Malhoa
