Ao Longo de Um Claro Rio de Água Doce

And this golden river
seemed like that Tejo
It even seemed like you
were by my side
or was it the flowers
and fragrant woods
the honeysuckles, the fruits
the slimy herbs

And the fields seemed
valleys so vast
they even seemed like your arms
that embrace me tightly
or was it the brambles
the ginger, the benzoin
the smell of that rain
the wells after all
why would I miss you
along a clear river
of fresh water

And it seemed like summer
in the vast grove
it even seemed like you were saying
something in secret
or was it the days
so quiet
endless
the nights
much better
haunted
like that
why would I miss you
along a clear river
of fresh water