Tantas Lisboas [English translation]

Sometimes, I watch the city lights,

Yet I can't manage to take a step forward.

There are days when the brightness is so great,

That people are blinded, all of a sudden!

In the most sombre and darkest alleys,

I manage to see the souls of people;

Travelling through streets and leaping over walls,

That's how I discover that there are many Lisbons...

A city exists on every street corner

And every street corner keeps a secret:

He who unveils it, knows how to divine fate;

He who can't do so, exposes himself to banishment...

There are so many Lisbons, only one Tagus....

That river that is almost a sea when it arrives here!

There are so many of them that, at times, I can't see them

For, when there is too much light, it blinds people...

• Artist:Marco Rodrigues
• Album:Tantas Lisboas (2010)