Lyrics and translation Luísa Sobral - Saiu Para A Rua

Saiu Para A Rua

Saiu decidida para a rua
Com a carteira castanha
E o saia-casaco escuro
Tantos anos tantas noites
Sem sequer uma loucura

Ele saiu sem dizer nada
Talvez fosse ao teatro chino
Vai regressar de madrugada
E acordá-la cheio de vinho

Tantos anos tantas noites
Sem nunca sentir a paixão
Foram já as bodas de prata
Comemoradas em solidão

Pôs um pouco de baton
E um leve toque de pintura
Tirou do cabelo o travessão
E devolveu ao rosto a candura

Saiu para a rua insegura
Vageou sem direcção
Sorriu a um homem com tremura
E sentiu escorrer do coração
A humidade quente da loucura

Went Out into the Street

She decisively went out into the street
With a brown purse
And a dark skirt-coat
After so many years
Not a single night out

He left without saying anything
Perhaps he went to the Chinese theater
He'll come back at dawn
And wake you up drunk

After so many years
Without ever feeling any passion
This is our 25-year anniversary
Commemorated in solitude

She put on some lipstick
And a light touch of makeup
She took out the hair clip
And brought back the candor to her face

She went out into the street hesitantly
She wandered with no aim
She smiled at a man with a tremble
And felt the warm wetness of madness
Trickle from her heart