Há festa na Mouraria [English translation]

There is a party in the Mouraria

It is the day of the procession

Of the Lady of Health

Even the Rosa Maria

of the Road of the Chaplain

Appears to have some virtue.

In that neighborhood Fado singers

Silenced the guitars:

One does not sing on this day,

An old neighborhood tradition,

Bells ringing vibrate in the air,

There is a party in the Mouraria.

Rich quilts on the windows,

Loose petals on the floor.

Faithful souls, crude people

Goes with faith through the alleyways:

It is the day of the procession

Of the Lady of Health.

After a brief rumor

Profound silence weighs down:

Upon the Large of the Guide

The Virgin passes in the reliquary.

Everyone takes a knee and prays,

Even the Rosa Maria.

As if petrified

In fervent oration,

So is its attitude,

So the rose already defoliated

from the Road of the Chaplain

appears to have virtue.

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues