Cheira A Lisboa Lyrics in English Amália Rodrigues

Imagine stepping onto Lisbon’s cobbled streets just as the first tram rattles by, slippers clap from the old riverside quarter and the sunrise paints everything gold. In “Cheira a Lisboa”, Amália Rodrigues turns these moments into a fragrant postcard, inviting us to breathe in a city where coffee mingles with sea spray, summer fruit and freshly fallen rain. Each verse is a sensory tour: gardens of carnations and basil, hidden taverns sizzling with liver and wine, processions scented with rosemary, and the ever-present tug of fado that smells faintly of solitude.

The song is more than a list of aromas; it is a celebration of Lisbon’s spirit. By linking every smell to a slice of everyday life—the flower seller, the persistent fish-hawking varina, the boys losing their heads over the perfume of girls—Amália shows how ordinary details weave a shared identity. “Cheira a Lisboa” reminds listeners that a city is not just seen or heard, it is inhaled, savoured and remembered, turning common scents into a lyrical map of home.