Tudo isso é fado [English translation]

You asked me the other day

If I knew what fado was

I told you I did not know

You became surprised

Without knowing what I was saying

I lied at that time

I told you I did not know

But I will now tell you

Vanquished souls

Lost nights

Bizarre shadows

In the Mouraria*

A pimp sings

Guitars cry

Jealous love

Ashes and fire

Pain and sin

All of this exists

All of this is sorrowful

All of this is fado

If you wish to be my man

And always have me by your side

Speak to me not only of love

Speak to me of fado as well

And fado is my punishment

It was born solely to make me lost

Fado is everything I say

Plus the things I cannot explain

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues