Lyrics of Teu Nome Lisboa - Carlos Do Carmo

Teu Nome Lisboa (original)

Jà te chamaram rainha
Cidade-mãe da tristeza
Jà te chamaram velhinha
Menina e moça, princesa
Jà rimaram o teu cais
Com gaivotas e marés
Querem saber onde vais
Não querem saber quem és
Vão chorando as tuas mágoas
Sem matarem tua fome
Chamam Tejo ás tuas águas
P’ra não dizer o teu nome
Ai Lisboa, se soubesses
Encontrar quem te encontrasse
Talvez um dia tivesses
Um nome que te agradasse
Ai Lisboa, se evitasses
Que te chamassem á toa
Talvez um dia encontrasses
Quem te chamasse Lisboa
Jà te chamaram vadia
Noite-mulher de má fama
Jà te chamaram Maria
Teu nome ninguém te chama
Disfarçaram-te as raízes
Com roupagens de outras gentes
Vão ouvindo o que tu dizes
P’ra esquecerem o que sentens
Engrandecem-te o passado
Fazem trovas ao teu povo
Vão repetindo o teu fado
Mas não te inventam de novo
Ai Lisboa, se soubesses
Encontrar quem te encontrasse
Talvez um dia tivesses
Um nome que te agradasse
Ai Lisboa, se evitasses
Que te chamassem á toa
Talvez um dia encontrasses
Quem te chamasse Lisboa
Ai Lisboa, se evitasses
Que te chamassem á toa
Talvez um dia encontrasses
Quem te chamasse Lisboa
Talvez um dia encontrasses
Quem te chamasse Lisboa

(translation)

They've already called you queen
Mother city of sadness
They already called you old lady
Girl and girl, princess
You already rhymed your pier
With seagulls and tides
They want to know where you are going
don't want to know who you are
Go crying your sorrows
without killing your hunger
Your waters are called Tagus
Not to say your name
Oh, Lisbon, if you only knew
Find someone who found you
Maybe one day you would have
A name that you liked
Oh, Lisbon, if you avoided
That they called you for nothing
Maybe one day you would find
Who called you Lisbon
They already called you a bitch
Night-Woman of Bad Fame
You have already been called Maria
Your name nobody calls you
They disguised your roots
With clothes from other people
They will listen to what you say
To forget what you feel
The past makes you great
They make mischief to your people
They will repeat your fado
But they don't invent you again
Oh, Lisbon, if you only knew
Find someone who found you
Maybe one day you would have
A name that you liked
Oh, Lisbon, if you avoided
That they called you for nothing
Maybe one day you would find
Who called you Lisbon
Oh, Lisbon, if you avoided
That they called you for nothing
Maybe one day you would find
Who called you Lisbon
Maybe one day you would find
Who called you Lisbon