Cancao Ao Lado Lyrics in English Deolinda
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cancao Ao Lado by Deolinda from Portuguese to English.
Desculpem, doutos homens, estetas
Sorry, men, aesthetes
Espíritos poetas, almas delicadas
Poet spirits, delicate souls
A falsidade do meu génio e das minhas palavras
The falsehood of my genius and my words
E é a erudição que eu canto
And it's the erudition that I sing
Que é da vida, o espanto, que é do belo, a graça
That is of life, the astonishment, which is of the beautiful, the grace
Mas eu só ambiciono a arte de plantar batatas
But I only aspire to the art of planting potatoes
Desculpem lá qualquer coisinha
Sorry about anything
Mas não está cá quem canta o fado
But there's no one here who sings fado
Se era p'ra ouvir a deolinda
If it was to listen to deolinda
Entraram no sítio errado
They got in the wrong place
Nós estamos numa casa ali ao lado
We're in a house next door
Andamos todos uma casa ao nosso lado
We all walk a house next to us
Bem sei que há trolhas escritores
I know there are writers' trolhas
Letrados estucadores e serventes poetas
Literate plasterers and servants poets
E poetas que são verdadeiros pedreiros das letras
And poets who are true masons of letters
E canta em arte genuína
And sings in genuine art
O pescador humilde, a varina modesta
The humble fisherman, the modest varina
E tanta vedeta devia dedicar-se à pesca
And so vedeta should devote herself to fishing
Desculpem lá qualquer coisinha
Sorry about anything
Mas não está cá quem canta o fado
But there's no one here who sings fado
Se era p'ra ouvir a deolinda
If it was to listen to deolinda
Entraram no sítio errado
They got in the wrong place
É que nós estamos numa casa ali ao lado
It's just that we're in a house next door
Andamos todos uma casa ao nosso lado
We all walk a house next to us
Por não fazer o que mais gosto
For not doing what I like best
Canto com desgosto, o facto de aqui estar
I sing with disgust, the fact that I'm here
E algures sei que alguém mal disposto ocupa o meu lugar
And somewhere I know that someone in a bad mood takes my place
Ninguém está bem com o que tem
No one's okay with what they've got
E há sempre um que vem e que nos vai valer
And there's always one that comes and it's going to be worth to us
Porém quase sempre esse alguém não é quem deve ser
But almost always this someone is not who should be
Desculpem lá qualquer coisinha
Sorry about anything
Mas não está cá quem canta o fado
But there's no one here who sings fado
Se era p'ra ouvir a deolinda
If it was to listen to deolinda
Entraram no sítio errado
They got in the wrong place
É que nós estamos numa casa ali ao lado
It's just that we're in a house next door
Andamos todos uma casa ao nosso lado
We all walk a house next to us
E é a mudar que vos proponho
And it is the change that I propose to you
Não é um passo medonho em negras utopias
It's not a ghastly step in black utopias
É tão simples como mudar de posto na telefonia
It's as simple as changing rank in telephony
Proponho que troquem convosco e acertem com a vida
I propose that you exchange with you and get it right with your life
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