Let me tell you the tale
Of a love that was born
Between a sky devoid of stars
And a valley that grew only stones

I could tell you so many tales
Of the strength of feelings
That bound a rabeládu’s youngest daughter
To a boy from Mindelo,
love so strong that their two hearts
Became one for all time

Let me sing you a tale
Tinged with melancholy,
So you may feel this longing
For my brown country with the green name

I could sing you so many tales
Of these sons of the Atlantic
 [bad word] rocks to extract their island joy
No other place on earth
Belongs to us like Cape Verde