Fado Do Estudante

What a black fate, to see myself like this
What vile and degrading luck
Oh, the longing I feel within me
For my student life

From that fleeting time of love
Which is the best for a young man
I was a bold conqueror of girls
With a carefree attitude, head in the clouds
I lived without a care, only to love
And everything else was just songs

None of them held me
I always left them in my wake
Until the day she appeared
That traitor with bangs

Always broke, without a penny
Robe torn, for a tear
Boots laughing
A big cane and a shameless look

Hanging out with others
And dancing at the festivals
To flirt, drink, have fun
And sing the fado

I now remember with longing
The thick books I used to read
The professors at the university
And the anatomy table

I invoke in me
Memories that have no end
Of those lessons in front of the garden
In the old Campo de Santana

Classes I would give
If I were still studying
In that class where I was absent
Seven days a week

The Fado is all my faith
It enchants, soothes, intoxicates
It's a pleasure to listen to it
Even on the radio

When it's sung
With warmth, well-tuned and precise
It's beautiful fado
No one can resist it

It's the most popular song
It has emotion, makes us vibrate
And here's the reason
Why I'm a Doctor and a Fado singer