Foi um rio que passou em minha vida [English translation]

If one day

My heart is consulted

To know if went wrong

It'll be hard deny

My heart

Has love mania

Love doesn't be easy to find

The mark of my disappointments

Stayed, stayed

Only one love can erase it

The mark of my disappointments

Stayed, stayed

Only one love can erase it

However! Oh however!

There is an different case

That marked in a brief time

My heart forever

It was Carnival day

Carried a sorrow

Doesn't thought in new love

When somebody

Who I don't remember announced

Portela, Portela

The samba bringing dawn

My heart conquered

Oh! My Portela!

When I saw you passing

I felt my heart rushed

All my body taken

My happiness coming back

I can't define

That blue

Wasn't from sky

Wasn't from sea

Was a river went throught my life

And my heart let itself taken

Was a river went throught my life

And my heart let itself taken

Was a river went throught my life

And my heart let itself taken!