Foi Deus [English translation]

I know not, no one knows

Why I sing the fado in this hurtful tone of pain and mourning

And in this torment, all this suffering

I feel my soul is consoled by the verses I sing

It was God who gave voice to the wind,

Light to the heavens and made the waves of the sea blue

It was God who placed on my chest

A feathered rosary that I unravel as I cry and sing

He made a poet of the nightingale, he put rosemary in the fields

He gave flowers to the spring

Oh, he gave me this voice

If I sing, I know not what I sing

A mix of chance, longing, fondness and perhaps love

However I know that when singing, I feel that

When one has heartbreak and mourning on our face we are consoled

It was God who gave light to the eyes, gave gold to the sun and silver to moonlight

It was God who placed on my chest

A feathered rosary which

I unravel as I cry and sing

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues
• Album:The Best of