Amália Rodrigues — Ai Lisboa song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Ai Lisboa" by Amália Rodrigues.
Lyrics
Eu nasci numa cidade, que em verso
Escreveu alguém que foi berço
Dos caminhantes do mar
Ah, vivi entre pardais e andorinhas
E gaivotas ribeirinhas
Que andam no céu a cantar
Ai Lisboa
Terra bem nobre e leal
És o castelo, a proa
Da velha nau portugal
Ai Lisboa
Cheiram a sal os teus ares
Deus poste as onda aos pés
Porque és, tu a Rainha Dos Mares
Foi ali, que p’ra brincar com o demónio
Veio até nós Santo António
Que tão ascenta insular
Ah, abri nos jardins do airado
Uma voz feita p’ro fado
Nesta canção popular
Ai Lisboa
Terra bem nobre e leal
És o castelo, a proa
Da velha nau portugal
Ai Lisboa
Cheiram a sal os teus ares
Deus poste as onda aos pés
Porque és, tu a Rainha Dos Mares
Ai Lisboa
Cheiram a sal os teus ares
Deus poste as onda aos pés
Porque és, tu a Rainha Dos Mares
Lyrics translation
I was born in a city, which in verse
Wrote someone who was cradle
From the walkers of the sea
Ah, I lived among sparrows and swallows
And river gulls
Who walk in the sky singing
Ai Lisboa
Noble and loyal land
You're the castle, the bow
Da velha Nau portugal
Ai Lisboa
Your air smells like salt
God post the wave at the feet
Because you are the Queen of the Seas
It was there, that P'ra play with the demon
Saint Anthony came to us
What so insular ascents
Ah, I opened in the gardens of the airado
A voice made fado
In this popular song
Ai Lisboa
Noble and loyal land
You're the castle, the bow
Da velha Nau portugal
Ai Lisboa
Your air smells like salt
God post the wave at the feet
Because you are the Queen of the Seas
Ai Lisboa
Your air smells like salt
God post the wave at the feet
Because you are the Queen of the Seas