Aldina Duarte - Ainda Mais Triste

Era tão branco o chão em que eu pisava
Era tão negro o céu que me cobria
Por mais triste que fosse o que eu contava
Ainda era mais triste o que eu escondia

Por mais longa que fosse a madrugada
Ainda era mais longo aquele dia
Por mais triste que eu fosse assim calada
Ainda era mais triste o que eu dizia

Era tão grande o perigo de naufrágio
Maior que todo o medo que eu sentia
Por mais triste que fosse o meu presságio
Ainda era mais triste o que eu sabia

Mais triste do que a morte era a tristeza
Da vida que me davam, que eu pedia
Mas ainda mais triste era a certeza
Que ser apenas triste era o que eu queria.
Compositor: Manuela de Freitas e Júlio Proença (Fado Esmeraldinha)

It was so white the floor on which I stepped

It was so black the sky that covered me

As sad as it was that I counted

It was even sadder what I hid

As long as it was dawn

It was still longer that day

Sad as I was so quiet

It was even sadder what I said

The danger of sinking was so great.

Greater than all the fear I felt

As sad as my omen was

It was even sadder what I knew

Sadder than death was sadness.

The life they gave me, what I asked for

But even more sad was the certainty

That being just sad was what I wanted.