O Porquê do Fado

Don't ask me why fado is
Ask fado what it saw in me
That found me and we walk arm in arm
Since I became a person, it's been like this

Don't ask me why I chose it
If my heart was already speaking and I was listening
It was the song of the streets where I grew up
That rocked the tune of my agony

Don't ask me why fado is
Don't ask me if I'm sure
It's not a choice, it's being, it's being marked
You ask me why fado is
You ask me why life is

Don't ask me if sadness weighs on me
From these verses and poems so old
It's a song that’s a prayer, it’s a chant
That turns my demons into my friends

Don't ask me why I want to stay
If the whole world began and ends here
It was he who saw me and came to get
From the other lives I unknowingly lived

Don't ask me why fado is
Don't ask me if I'm sure
It's not a choice, it's being, it's being marked
You ask me why fado is
You ask me why life is
Don't ask me why fado is
Don't ask me if I'm sure
It's not a choice, it's being, it's being marked
You ask me why fado is
You ask me why life is