Canção do Lenço

My life is a novel
Of sadness and illusion
It seems like fate
He wanted to betray me
Hope is lost
When I tell my life
It hurts any heart

I have loved, I have been loved
I have lived very happily
I already enjoyed my childhood
I have already taken great advantage
I enjoyed my youth
I never thought that longing
Come live in my chest

On a night of Saint Anthony
I went dancing in the ballroom
I found a girl
Of a beautiful appearance
And I invited her to dance
And I felt love blossom
Inside my heart

I asked the girl
If she was engaged
She answered me there
I have never loved nor been loved
I kept this friendship
That brings longing
For the rest of my life

After a year and six months
Of our friendship
But fate did not want it
May our love go ahead
The intruding death came
Carried my dear
That I loved madly

One day they warned me
That the girl got sick
I went to her house urgently
Know what happened
In this hour of distress
I had a handkerchief in my hand
He took the handkerchief and gave it to me

She told me she was disillusioned
For me there is no cure left
I will live in the other world
I will live in the grave
He said goodbye to his parents
Saying goodbye forever
In this hour of bitterness

I kept the handkerchief with me
That I received from her hands
Purple the color of longing
Embroidery in yellow lettering
I lost all hope
Today only the memory remains
Of the love I had for her

The letters of her name
It's an M, an A and a D
I never had joy again
After she died
When I cried out of sorrow
My tears were dried
In the handkerchief she gave me