Canção do Lenço

My life is a story
Of sadness and illusion
It seems like fate
Was to make me face betrayal
Hope is lost
And when I recount my life
It hurts any heart

I've loved, I've been loved
I've lived quite satisfied
I've enjoyed my childhood
I've gained a lot from it
I relished my youth
Never thought that longing
Would come to live in my chest

One night of Saint Anthony
I went dancing at the hall
There I met a girl
With a beautiful face
I invited her to dance
And felt love enter
Into my heart

I asked the girl
Are you taken?
She then replied to me
I've never loved or been wanted
I kept this friendship
That brought me longing
For the rest of my life

After a year and six months
Of our friendship
But fate didn't want
Our great love to move forward
Death came in uninvited
And took my dear one
Whom I loved madly

One day I was told
That the girl fell ill
I rushed to her house
To find out what happened
In that moment of distress
I had a handkerchief in hand
She took the handkerchief and gave it to me

She spoke to me resigned
For me, there's no more cure
I know I'm going to live in heaven
I'll live in the grave
She said goodbye to her parents
And farewell for good
In that moment of bitterness

I kept the handkerchief
That I received from her hands
Purple in the color of longing
Embroidered in yellow letters
I lost all hope
And today only the memory remains
Of the love I had for her

It was an M, an E, and a D
The letters of her name
I never had joy again
After she died
When I cried from sorrow
That's when my tears were dried
By the handkerchief she gave me
When I cried from sorrow
That's when my tears were dried
By the handkerchief she gave me