Tudo isso é fado [English translation]

You asked me once...

if I knew what fado is

I told you I didn't know

You got surprised...

without knowing what to say

I lied at that moment.

I told you I didn't know.

But now I'm going to tell you

(Fado is...)

Defeated souls,

Lost nights,

Bizarre shadows,

At Mouraria,...

the pounce sings,

the guitars cry.

Love, jealousy

Ash and light

Pain and sin

All this exists

All this is sad

All this is the fado

If you want to be my gentleman... (=husband)

and have me always by your side

Don't talk about love only

Tell me also about Fado

Fado is my punishment...

Fado was born just to make me feel lost

Fado is in all that my words say...

and also in what they don't

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues