Monday, 26 April 2010

Sweetened condensed milk and Fado

Best way to manage stress and exam fears right now is to lie on the sofa, eating sweetened condensed milk, listening to Fado and suffering. Here is a link to one of my favourite Fado songs (there was no embed code unfortunately). I do not quite get the meaning of the song. But it is about suffering I suppose.
Meu Fado Meu
Meu Fado Meu

Trago um fado no meu canto
Canto a noite até ser dia
Do meu povo trago pranto
No meu canto a Mouraria

Tenho saudades de mim
Do meu amor, mais amado
Eu canto um país sem fim
O mar, a terra, o meu fado
Meu fado, meu fado, meu fado, meu fado

De mim só me falto eu
Senhora da minha vida
Do sonho, digo que é meu
E dou por mim já nascida

Trago um fado no meu canto
Na minh'alma vem guardado
Vem por dentro do meu espanto
A procura do meu fado
Meu fado, meu fado, meu fado, meu fado


My Fado, My Fado

I have a fado in my singing
I sing at night until the dawn
From my people, I have the tears
And in my singing, the Mouraria

I have nostalgias for what I was,
For the love that I loved most
And I sing a borderless country
I sing the sea, the earth, my fado
My fado, my fado, my fado, my fado, my fado

In my being, there's everything but me,...
The owner of my life
My dream, I call it mine
and I presume my being, reborn in me

I have a fado in my singing
In my soul, it has been kept.
The quest for my fado
lives in my astonishment
My fado, my fado, my fado, my fado, my fado

1 comment:

  1. I always thought Fado was perfect for when a heart is breaking or dreams are dying. Now I know it is also for exams. This makes sense!

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