Pombinha Mensageira
Belmonte e Amaraí
Messenger Dove
Oh, messenger dove, take to my beloved
This passionate letter
That I wrote while crying
Tell my dear one that I only live in torment
And ask, sobbing
What wrong did I do
Fly quickly, dove, before night appears
Before I go crazy
Please be here
If you bring good news, I overcome this loneliness
But if it's not what I think
I know I won't resist
When she opens the letter, she'll notice smudges and mistakes
Tell her that in this exile
I wrote while crying
The smudges are my tears that fell on the words
And the mistakes are memories
That I lost for her
Surely she'll understand even if it's poorly written
It doesn't contain pretty phrases
But I spoke what I felt
Tell her I'm suffering from living so far away
And I love her madly
Since the day I saw her
The day is getting brighter, I'm still awake
Sad and desperate
And the dove hasn't come
Doesn't she know how sad abandonment is
I've lost nights of sleep
Suffering from loving
