Translation of the song lyrics Cabaré - Alfredo Marceneiro

Cabaré (original)

Foi num cabaré de feira, ruidoso
Que uma vez ouvi cantar, comovido
Uma canção de rameira, sem ter gozo
Que depois me fez chorar, bem sentido
Era a canção da alegria, couplé novo
Mas a pobre que a cantava, eu bem a vi
Naquela noite sorria, para o povo
E ao mesmo tempo chorava, para si
Naquela noite sorria, para o povo
E ao mesmo tempo chorava, para si
É que a linda cantadeira, tão formosa
Mais linda do que ninguém, certamente
Sentia a dor traiçoeira, rancorosa
A magoar-lhe o peito de mãe, cruelmente
Tinha um filhinho doente, quase à morte
E a pobre ganhava a vida, só de fel
Cantando a rir tristemente, por má sorte
Uma canção de perdida, bem cruel
Cantando a rir tristemente, por má sorte
Uma canção de perdida, bem cruel

(translation)

It was in a cabaret, noisy
That I once heard singing, moved
A whore song, without enjoyment
Which later made me cry, well felt
It was the song of joy, new couplé
But the poor woman who sang her, I saw her
That night he smiled, for the people
And at the same time I was crying, for myself
That night he smiled, for the people
And at the same time I was crying, for myself
It's just that the beautiful singer, so beautiful
More beautiful than anyone, certainly
I felt the treacherous, spiteful pain
Hurting her mother's breast, cruelly
She had a sick little boy, near death
And the poor earned living, only from fell
Singing and laughing sadly, out of bad luck
A song of lost, very cruel
Singing and laughing sadly, out of bad luck
A song of lost, very cruel