Lyrics of Nasceu Assim, Cresceu Assim - Carlos Do Carmo, Mafalda Arnauth

Nasceu Assim, Cresceu Assim (original)

Talvez a mãe fosse rameira de bordel
Talvez o pai um decadente aristocrata
Talvez lhe dessem à nascença amor e fel
Talvez crescesse aos tropeções na vida ingrata
Talvez o tenham educado sem maneiras
Entre desordens, navalhadas e paixões
Talvez ouvisse vendavais e bebedeiras
E as violências que rasgavam corações
Talvez ouvisse vendavais e beredeiras
E as violências que rasgavam corações
Talvez ardesse vagamente em várias chamas
Talvez a história fosse ainda mais bizarra
No desamparo teve sempre duas almas
Que se chamavam a viola e a guitarra
Pois junto delas já talvez o reconheçam
Talvez recusem dar-lhe o nome de enjeitado
E mesmo aqueles que não cantam não esqueçam
Nasceu assim, cresceu assim, chama-se fado
E mesmo aqueles que não cantam não esqueçam
Nasceu assim, cresceu assim, chama-se fado

(translation)

Maybe the mother was a whore in a brothel
Perhaps the father a decadent aristocrat
Maybe they gave him efel love at birth
Maybe I grew up stumbling in the ungrateful life
Maybe they educated him without manners
Between disorders, razors and passions
Maybe I heard gales and drunkenness
And the violences that tore hearts
Maybe I heard windstorms and beredeiras
And the violences that tore hearts
Perhaps it burned vaguely in several flames
Perhaps the story was even more bizarre
In the helplessness he always had two souls
Which were called the viola and the guitar
Because together with them, they may already recognize him
Maybe they refuse to call him a foundling
And even those who don't sing don't forget
He was born like this, he grew up like this, it's called fado
And even those who don't sing don't forget
Born like this, grew up like this, it's called fado