Vielas de Alfama - Ensemble Ibérica (featuring Nathalie Pires)

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Nathalie Pires -vocals
Mark Southerland - Saxophone
Beau Bledsoe - Portuguese guitar
Jordan Shipley - guitar
Michael McClintock - Cuban tres
Pedro Pimentel - bass

Vielas de Alfama, music: Max, lyrics: Artur Ribeiro

From "Fado of Lisbon"
Sunday, December 20th, 2015
Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College

video:Matthew Dunehoo
http://www.elkspridepictures.com/
editing:Beau Bledsoe

http://www.ensembleiberica.org/

translation:

In the hours of dark night
A guitar trills
A woman sings
The bitterness of fado
And through the glass
That is blackened and cracked
That voice of sorrow
It saddens anyone who goes there

Alleyways of Alfama
The streets of Old Lisbon
There is no fate that says
Things of your past
Alleyways of Alfama
Kissed by moonlight
I wish I could live there
So I can live with the fado

The moon sometimes awakens
And catches those unaware
Two united mouths
A door opens
Then the crimson moon
Aware of its guilt
Apologetically
Hides itself, ashamed

Alleyways of Alfama
The street of Old Lisbon
There is no fate that says
Things of your past
Alleyways of Alfama
Kissed by moonlight
I wish I could live there
So I can live with the fado

Alleyways of Alfama
Kissed by moonlight
I wish I could live there
So I can live with the fado