Ao Longo de Um Claro Rio de Água Doce

And it seemed like that Tejo
this golden river
it even seemed like you were coming
with me by my side
or was it the flowers
and the fragrant woods
the honeysuckles, the fruits
the slimy herbs

And they seemed like fields
valleys so extended
they even seemed like your arms
that embrace me tightly
or was it the brambles
the ginger, the benzoin
the smell of that rain
the wells after all
why would I miss you
along a clear river
of fresh water

And it seemed like summer
in the vast grove
it even seemed like you were saying
something in secret
or was it the very quiet
days
endless
the nights
much better
haunted
like this
why would I miss you
along a clear river
of fresh water