Down from the highest tower
I sing this lament of mine
I sing this blood of mine
These people of mine
Down from this bigger tower
(Just here I am big as well)
Setting out to sing again,
Setting out to sing again.
Singing like the one who takes off
The clothes of sadness
Like the one who drinks
The water of nostalgia,
Flame that is born and grows
And lives and dies lit
Flame that is born and grows
In full freedom.
But never feels pain alone the one
Who sings of sorrows
Pains me the defeat of the Tejo
Pains me the drought
Pains me time lost
Pains me he, who is far away
Pains me the forgotten people
And I come to die of affection
Pains me time lost
And I come to die of affection.