Teresa Salgueiro - Senhora do Almortão

Olá my dear friends,

Do you know Teresa Salgueiro? She was the lead singer of Madredeus, from 1986 until 2007 and released 6 solo albums, the last one in 2012 entitled O Mistério (The Mistery). She collaborated with various artists such as José Carreras, Caetano Veloso, Angelo Branduardi, amongst others, and also participated as lead actress in feature film by Wim Wenders, entitled "Lisbon Story".

Today I will leave you with her, singing Senhora do Almortão, a traditional song.

 

Senhora, Senhora do Almortão | Lady, Lady of Almortão

Senhora do Almortão | Lady of Almortão
Ó minha linda raiana | Oh my beautiful raiana (born in the country border)
Virai costas, virai costas a Castela | Turn your back, turn your back to Castile
Virai costas a Castela | Turn your back to Castile
Não queiras ser castelhana | Do not want to be Castillian
Senhora, Senhora do Almortão | Lady, Lady of Almortão
Senhora do Almortão | Lady of Almortão
A vossa capela cheira, | Your chapel smels like
Cheira a cravos, cheira a cravos, cheira a rosas | Smels like carnations, smels like carnations, smels like roses
Cheira a cravos, cheira a rosas | Smels like carnations, smels like roses
Cheira a flor de laranjeira | Smels like orange blossom
Senhora, Senhora do Almortão | Lady, Lady of Almortão
Senhora do Almortão | Lady of Almortão
Eu para o ano não prometo | Next year I don’t promise
Que me morreu, que me morreu o amor | That died, that my love died
Que me morreu o amor | That my love died
Ando vestida de preto | I'm dressed in black
Senhora do Almortão | Lady of Almortão
Ó minha linda raiana | Oh my beautiful raiana (born in the country border)
Virai costas a Castela | Turn your back to Castile
Não queiras ser castelhana | Do not want to be Castilian
Senhora do Almortão | Lady of Almortão
A vossa capela cheira, | Your chapel smells like
Cheira a cravos, cheira a rosas, cheira a flor de laranjeira | Smells like carnations, smells like roses, smells like orange blossom
Senhora do Almortão | Lady of Almortão
Eu para o ano não prometo | Next year I don’t promise
Que me morreu o amor | That my love died
Ando vestida de preto | I'm dressed in black

Olha a laranjinha que caiu, caiu | Look at the small Orange that fell, fell

Lá debaixo d’água | There underwater
Nunca mais se viu | Never to be seen

P.S. I apologize for the translation, it may sound weird but it’s really hard to translate. Anyway, at least you can have an idea about what she is singing.

Teresa Salgueiro’s official site - http://www.teresasalgueiro.pt/

From Portugal,
with love