O Gente Da Minha Terra [English translation]

Is both mine and yours this fado

destiny that tides us (together)

no matter how much it is denied

by the strings of a guitar

whenever one hears a lament

of a guitar singing

one is instantly lost

With a desire to weep

Oh people of my land

Now I understand

This sadness which I carry on

Was from you that I received

and it would seem tenderness

If I let myself be soothed

my anguish would be greater

my singing (would be) less sadder

Oh people of my land