Stória, Stória... [English translation]

Let me tell you the tale

Of a love that was born

Between a sky devoid of stars

And a valley that grew only stones

I could tell you so many tales

Of the strength of feelings

That bound a rabeládu’s youngest daughter

To a boy from Mindelo,

A love so strong that their two hearts

Became one for all time

Let me sing you a tale

Tinged with melancholy,

So you may feel this longing

For my brown country with the green name

I could sing you so many tales

Of these sons of the Atlantic

Crushing rocks to extract their island joy

No other place on earth

Belongs to us like Cape Verde