Coimbra [Abril em Portugal] [English translation]

Coimbra1 is a lesson

of dreams and traditions

the professor is a song

and the moon is the college 2

the book is a woman

only pass those who know

And you learn to say "I miss you"3

Coimbra of the Choupal4

you are still the capital 5

of love in Portugal, yet...

Coimbra, where once,

among tears, there was

the story of beautiful Inês,6

Coimbra of the songs

so tender that do

open our hearts

Coimbra of the Doctors 7

for us, your singers,

at the source of love

I found my April dreams

In Portugal with you

When we discovered romance

Like I never knew

My head was in the clouds

My heart went crazy too

And madly I said

"I love you"

Coimbra is a lesson

of dreams and traditions

the professor is a song

and the moon is the college

the book is a woman

only pass those who know

And you learn to say "I miss you"

1. Coimbra is known for its university.2. A college or a faculty of the university.3. "Saudade", in the original. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade4. The Choupal is a woodland in Coimbra.5. Coimbra was once the capital of Portugal.6. Inês de Castro is famous for her love story with king Peter I of Portugal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%AAs_de_Castro7. The Faculty of Medicine is one of the University of Coimbra.