Sou do fado, sou fadista [English translation]

I know that my soul nestled within me

It took my voice in its hands

It fluttered in my chest and made itself heard through my voice

And I closed my sad eyes because

I desired nothing but to sing

And a voice sings to me sotto voce:

And a voice charms me with these words sotto voce:

"I have the fado in my soul/ I belong to the fado"

"I am a fadista"

I know that my being abandons itself

to the banks of the sea

where the singing seizes in its lap

all the souls by the words of an only fado

And I attached myself onto my voice

Like a guitar is attached to the thrilling of its chords

And a voice sings to me sotto voce :

And a voice charms me with these words sotto voce:

"I have the fado in my soul"

"I am a fadista"