Fado Laranjeira

In a tender orange tree
Still so small
Where a blackbird landed
At the end of the day

After kissing you
With your purple mouth
I engraved a name there
Your name Maria
After kissing you
With your purple mouth
I engraved a name there
Your name Maria

Around it, a heart
Also skillfully and artfully
As it surrounded your name
My hand engraved

I carved a date
And the work done
Like a love seal
On the trunk it stayed
I carved a date
And the work done
Like a love seal
On the trunk it stayed

But on the rough trunk
I see with longing
The symbol of love
That once united us

Chain of illusions
From our youth
That time rusted
And then departed
Chain of illusions
From our youth
That time rusted
And then departed

And to the beautiful orange tree
Altar of love's proclamation
That has the color of hope
The color of emeralds

Brides go to pick
The symbolic flowers
To weave in a dream
The virginal wreaths
Brides go to pick
The symbolic flowers
To weave in a dream
The virginal wreaths