Oiça lá ó senhor vinho [English translation]

Listen, O Mr. Wine,

Answer me, but with frankness:

Why do you take away all the firmness

Of those you find in your path?

Just because they had one too many,

Even quiet people,

Friend wine, in disarray

Your Grace makes them crawl!

It's wrongdoing

And there's intent in what you do.

One becomes unbalanced,

There's no balance that can withstand.

The laws of Physics fail

And the verticalness of anyplace

Oscillates without stopping

And ceases to be perpendicular.

"I used to be", answers the wine

"The loose leaf dancing with the wind

The ray of sun in the firmament

That brought sweet caresses to the grapes.

I still keep the warmth of the sun,

And I even give life,

Increase the value of whoever it is,

In good account, weight and measure.

And I only harm those

Who think I'm nobody

And belittle me.

Those who treat me like water,

It's an offense, I repay it!

I'm like this."

Your Grace is right

And it's ungrateful

To bad-mouth wine.

And to prove what I say

Let's, my friend,

Drink another glass!

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues
• Album:Tudo Isto É Fado