Rui Veloso — Porto Sentido song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Porto Sentido" by Rui Veloso.
Lyrics
Quem vem e atravessa o rio
Junto àserra do Pilar
vêum velho casario
que se estende ate ao mar
Quem te vêao vir da ponte
és cascata, são-joanina
erigida sobre um monte
no meio da neblina.
Por ruelas e calçadas
da Ribeira atéàFoz
por pedras sujas e gastas
e lampiões tristes e sós.
E esse teu ar grave e sério
num rosto de cantaria
que nos oculta o mistério
dessa luz bela e sombria
Ver-te assim abandonado
nesse timbre pardacento
nesse teu jeito fechado
de quem mói um sentimento
E ésempre a primeira vez
em cada regresso a casa
rever-te nessa altivez
de milhafre ferido na asa
Lyrics translation
Who comes and crosses the river
Next to the pillar
see an old casario
stretching to the sea
Who sees you coming from the bridge
you're a waterfall, Saint-joanina
erected on a pile
in the middle of the fog.
By alleys and sidewalks
from Ribeira to Foz
by dirty and worn stones
and lampposts sad and lonely.
And that serious, serious air of yours
on a rock face
that hides the mystery from us
from this beautiful and gloomy light
To see you so abandoned
in this brownish timbre
in your closed way
from whom grinds a feeling
And it's always the first time
on every return home
see you in that haughtiness
of injured millet on the wing