Vi o Menino Jesus [English translation]

I saw the Holy Child Jesus...

He looked so lovely!

He carried stars full of light,

Or did he have earrings?

He had a silk mane of hair:

Our Holy Lady gave them to Him!

With his little feet, like swallows,

He walked all around Heaven!

[Chorus:]

Our Lady,

My rose garden!

Fill with roses

This Christmas!

Two blue little birdies

I saw in His eyes

Flying, descending to earth;

Singing, flying up to Heaven!

There goes one, there go two,

Three stars a-shining!

The Holy Child Jesus runs

All around them, playing...

[Chorus:]

Our Lady,

My rose garden!

Fill with roses

This Christmas!

I saw the Holy Child Jesus:

His eyes are little stars,

His hands, the sign of the Cross,

His little feet, swallows...

The light clouds float away

Just as the stars in the sky,

And they tell each other:

My Child is mine!

[Chorus:]

Our Lady,

My rose garden!

Fill with roses

This Christmas!

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues
• Album:Vi o Menino Jesus (1981)