Por morrer uma andorinha [later version] [English translation]

Even if you aren't mine anymore (my pain)

I didn't stop being who I was (and everything is new)

Even if a swallow dies (without love) 1

The spring doesn't end (says the people)

Even if a swallow dies (without love)

The spring doesn't end (says the people)

As you can see, I'm not changed (thankfully)

And not even unhappy (nor defeated)

I keep the same present (from the past)

And save the same past (pretty clear)

I keep the same present (from the past)

And save the same past (pretty clear)

I was already used (to this fate)2

And that you were not sincere (in your love)

So I'm not waiting (the taste)

Of an illusion that I had not (and which I don't renew)

Even if you aren't mine anymore (my pain)

I didn't stop being who I was (and everything is new)

I live life like before (singing)

I have no more nor less (than I already had)

And the days go on (not returning)

Like the days gone by (and you aren't mine)

And the days go on (not returning)

Like the days gone by (and you aren't mine)

Hours, minutes, moments (in this life)

Follow the austere order (strictly)

Nobody does cling to the chimera (without value)

That the destination forwards (and not new)

Because even if a swallow dies (without love)

The spring doesn't end (says the people)

Even if a swallow dies (without love)

The spring doesn't end (says the people)

1. The third and forth verses, before the parentheses, are a Portuguese proverb: "Por morrer uma andorinha não acaba a primavera", "Even if a swallow dies, the spring does not end". This means that an inconvenient happening should not overshadow a good situation.2. Fado, the music genre, means "fate"