I have a love
That I cannot confess,
But I can weep over it;
Love of sin,
Love of love,
Love of honey,
Love in bloom!
Love of bile,
Greater love,
Cherished love...
I have a love...
Love if grief,
Greater love,
Lamented love
In a minor key;
In a minor key,
Fado is greater!
I weep as I bawl,
Turning the sea even bigger;
I cannot stop loving
My love, in sin!
I was a swallow
That arrived with the Springtime.
I was who I was:
Love of sin,
Love of love,
Love of honey,
Love in bloom!
Love of bile,
Greater love,
Cherished love...
I have a love...
Love if grief,
Greater love,
Lamented love
In a minor key;
In a minor key,
Fado is greater!
I weep as I bawl,
Turning the sea even bigger;
I cannot stop loving
My love, in sin!
[Instrumental]
I weep as I bawl,
Turning the sea even bigger;
I cannot stop loving
My love, in sin!
Greater fado,
Sung in a minor key:
Crying over a painful love,
The pain of he who is beloved and unloved!