Do Chiado ao Bairro Alto [English translation]

[Chorus:]

From Chiado to Bairro Alto

I trace the tramway's cables,

So I can see you;

I go out, trip down the asphalt...

What else is going to happen?!

My beret is askew, my boots dirty...

I hope she doesn't run away!

With my hands in my hand

Today I will get to know you,

Maybe I will like you, or I won't!

At dawn, smiling, I woke up all drowsy;

I'm glad that the dream had already ended!

Imagining your face and singing,

With my cravat unmade, I'll wear my favourite beret,

I grab my wallet: I'm ready to go!

[Chorus:]

From Chiado to Bairro Alto

I trace the tramway's cables,

So I can see you;

I go out, trip down the asphalt...

What else is going to happen?!

My beret is askew, my boots dirty...

I hope she doesn't run away!

With my hands in my hand

Today I will get to know you,

Maybe I will like you, or I won't!

A marigold flower, as always, looks nice on my lapel;

I've stolen it because I was skint!

I put on the perfume that's never failed me: a matter of habit!

But this time it appears to be different,

Or could it be that I see love in everyone?

[Chorus:]

From Chiado to Bairro Alto

I trace the tramway's cables,

So I can see you;

I go out, trip down the asphalt...

What else is going to happen?!

My beret is askew, my boots dirty...

I hope she doesn't run away!

With my hands in my hand

Today I will get to know you,

Maybe I will like you, or I won't!

Always going up,

My hair messy and pushed back...

It's good that the Bairro Alto is so close by!

Your voice won't leave my mind

And it spurs me onward

So I can discover those eyes that I've imagined

Are worthy of crashing into madness!

Then I see you

And my heartbeat,

Has finally returned:

You're even better than what I'd dreamed for myself!

And the marigold's

Lovelessness

Has met its end!

From Chiado to Bairro Alto...

• Artist:Marco Rodrigues
• Album:EntreTanto (2013)