Quando o fado acontece [English translation]

When a voice rises

Vehemently like a prayer

When the soul is the one who sings

That's when fado happens

It's the longing of someone

It's laughter, melancholy,

Despair, fantasy

A reason one has

And it's not well known

What rejoices it or saddens it,

But everything all around is silent

When something is as true,

When a voice rises

Vehemently like a prayer

It's a pause, a tiredness,

An excessive bet

As futile as life,

A rock or a shrapnel

Or just one more step

To see what song that is

That, whilst hearing it, sounds like

It doesn't come from the throat

When the soul is the one who sings

That's when fado happens.