Fado do Ribatejo
Nuno da Câmara Pereira
Fado of Ribatejo
No longer do I roam happily
The fields of my homeland
The warm light no longer warms me
From the afternoons of Salvaterra
The sun of fortune has escaped me
From the sky of my illusion
And God's voice in the dark night
Has fallen into my heart
Oh Ribatejo
Father of my Tejo
I no longer see you
Always singing
The horizons
Rivers and springs
Meadows and hills
I feel crying
All the beauty of nature
I find sadness
Desolation
Just as I find dark the fate
Because the cowboy
Is in prison
Living laughing, I didn't know
That laughter is a cousin of sorrow
And I had the holy joy
Of the people from Borda d'Água
The love of the tender mother
Only taught me pleasure
It was only in the school of life
That I learned to suffer
Oh Ribatejo
Father of my Tejo
I no longer see you
Always singing
The horizons
Rivers and springs
Meadows and hills
I feel crying
All the beauty of nature
I find sadness
Desolation
Just as I find dark the fate
Because the cowboy
Is in prison
All the beauty of nature
I find sadness
Desolation
Just as I find dark the fate
Because the cowboy
Is in prison.
