Amália Rodrigues "Maria da Cruz" lyrics

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Maria da Cruz

Chamava-se ela Maria, de sobrenome da CruzE na aldeia onde viva, sorria, vivia, na paz de Jesus

Tinha um amor a quem ela seu coração entregaraJunto ao altar da capela singela onde ela, paixão lhe jurara

Mas certo dia veio a saber-se na aldeiaQue o seu pastor lhe mentiaQue esse amor se lhe extinguia como a luz duma candeia

Desiludida no seu amor, a Maria deixou o lar, e perdidaVeio caír desfalecida num portal da Mouraria

Sofreu a dôr da amargura, perdeu o viço e a côrE não voltou a ventura, ternura, a doçura do amor do pastor

E hoje por cruz, a Maria que é da Cruz por seu fadárioArrasta na Mouraria a cruz da agonia, a cruz do calvário

Ainda canta uma canção quase mortaMas um estertor na garganta, oiço já, quando ela cantaAo passar á minha porta

Não tarda o dia em que ela enfim, já vencidaTerminará a agonia de arrastar na MourariaToda a cruz da sua vida

Maria da Cruz (Maria of the Cross)

Her name was Maria, surnamed da CruzAnd in the village where she lives, smiles, lived in the peace of Jesus

She had a love to whom she had surrendered her heartAt the alter of the simple chapel where she swore passion for him

But one day it came to be known in the villageThat the pastor (herder) liedThat this love was extinguished like the light from a candle

Disillusioned in her love, Maria left home and lost,Fainted in a portal of Mouraria

She suffered the pain of bitterness, lost her bloom and colourAnd never returned the happiness, the tenderness, the sweetness of the love for the herder

And today for a cross, Maria that is da Cruz for her destinyDrags through Mouraria the cross of agony, the cross of Calvary

Still she sings a song almost deadBut a wheeze in the throat, I hear, when she singsPassing my door

Before long the day in which she finally, succumbsIt will end the agony of dragging through MourariaThe entire cross of her life.

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