Lyrics of Margarida - Cristina Branco, Jorge Palma

Margarida (original)

Ai, Margarida,
Se eu te desse a minha vida,
Que farias tu com ela?
— Tirava os brincos do prego,
Casava c’um homem cego
E ia morar para a Estrela.
Mas, Margarida,
Se eu te desse a minha vida,
Que diria tua mãe?
— (Ela conhece-me a fundo.)
Que há muito parvo no mundo,
E que eras parvo também.
E, Margarida,
Se eu te desse a minha vida
No sentido de morrer?
— Eu iria ao teu enterro,
Mas achava que era um erro
Querer amar sem viver.
Mas, Margarida,
Se este dar-te a minha vida
Não fosse senão poesia?
— Então, filho, nada feito.
Fica tudo sem efeito.
Nesta casa não se fia.

(translation)

Oh Daisy,
If I gave you my life,
What would you do with her?
— She took the earrings off the nail,
She married a blind man
And she was going to live in Estrela.
But Daisy,
If I gave you my life,
What would your mother say?
— (She knows me thoroughly.)
That there are a lot of fools in the world,
And that you were a fool too.
And, Daisy,
If I gave you my life
In the sense of dying?
— I would go to your funeral,
But I thought it was a mistake
Wanting to love without living.
But Daisy,
If this one gives you my life
Was it nothing but poetry?
— So, son, nothing done.
Everything is ineffective.
In this house there is no trust.