Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a Portuguese folk song which most of my research shows to be from the northern parts of the country. I only accompanied this with a simple classical guitar as if often the case in Portuguese music, and incorporated the melismatic, folk style of Portuguese singing found across Iberia, which has its roots in Ancient Greco-Roman, and more recent Moorish influences. While to my understanding, not a Fado song per-se, this song is often incorporated within broader Fado influences, which is a form of Portuguese music typified by mournful lyrics and themes, and a general emphasis on this melismatic, lamentation-like vocal delivery.
Portuguese lyrics:
Rosa tirana
Que é da tua tirania
Tró laró, laró, laró
Que é das tuas falas doces
Ó Rosa tirana
Que me deves algum dia
Tró laró, laró, laró
Rosa tirana
Que é da tua tirania
Tró laró, laró, laró
Que é dos teus ternos olhares
Ó Rosa tirana
Que é da tua tirania
Tró laró, laró, laró
The English translations I found were less than stellar so I'll let our Portuguese friends provide better ones in the comments.
Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a Portuguese folk song which most of my research shows to be from the northern parts of the country. I only accompanied this with a simple classical guitar as if often the case in Portuguese music, and incorporated the melismatic, folk style of Portuguese singing found across Iberia, which has its roots in Ancient Greco-Roman, and more recent Moorish influences. While to my understanding, not a Fado song per-se, this song is often incorporated within broader Fado influences, which is a form of Portuguese music typified by mournful lyrics and themes, and a general emphasis on this melismatic, lamentation-like vocal delivery.
Portuguese lyrics:
Rosa tirana
Que é da tua tirania
Tró laró, laró, laró
Que é das tuas falas doces
Ó Rosa tirana
Que me deves algum dia
Tró laró, laró, laró
Rosa tirana
Que é da tua tirania
Tró laró, laró, laró
Que é dos teus ternos olhares
Ó Rosa tirana
Que é da tua tirania
Tró laró, laró, laró
The English translations I found were less than stellar so I'll let our Portuguese friends provide better ones in the comments.
