Foi Por Ela
Fausto Bordalo Dias
It Was Because of Her
It was because of her that tomorrow I'm leaving
just yesterday, today, and always, even now
always the same facing the sea also tires me
say, Madrid, Paris, Brussels, who achieves?
in Lisbon, the Tagus River stays watching ships
I shed tears of guitars at the window
it was because of her that I already dance the waltz on tiptoes
that I went beyond my limits, it was because of her
It was because of her that I dress warmly
instead of that colorful short sleeve
if you're going out, my nation, in the headlines
still shivering from cold attacked
but the heat that generates plants also fades
and the tropical sense vanishes on the lapel
it was because of her that I wore a suit and tie
that I don't even miss the sun, it was because of her
It was because of her that I go through serious things
and I passed by passing the raisins from the Algarve
with so many miracle-working saints all year round
it was by miracle that I was even born profane
and I come like a thirty-year-old, going up rivers
that shape, like a god, her face
it was because of her that I stopped being who I was
without knowing what awaits me, it was because of her
It was because of her that tomorrow I'm leaving
just yesterday, today, and always, even now
always the same facing the sea also tires me
say, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, who achieves?
in Lisbon, the Tagus River stays watching ships
I shed tears of guitars at the window
it was because of her that I already dance the waltz on tiptoes
that I went beyond my limits, it was because of her
