English lyrics to an old love song

I am not sure of when I heard this love, lullabylike song. I fell in love with it a few years ago, as it was used as a songtrack of a cute romantic movie, “Lisbela e o prisioneiro”, by Guel Arraes. The rhymes are somewhat unusual, maybe because it is from a different age, where romantic love was filled with idealizations. Anyway, it was written in 1939 and it has been recorded many times ever since. Some of the singers who did it are Zelia Duncan, Roberto Carlos and Nelson Gonçalves, each in a different period of time. There again we can see the wonderful ability of music, to gather people so different in the same vibe. Hope you guys enjoy it.

A Deusa da Minha Rua

Newton Teixeira

A deusa da minha rua
Tem os olhos onde a lua
Costuma se embriagar
Nos seus olhos eu suponho
Que o sol, num dourado sonho
Vai claridade buscar

Minha rua é sem graça
Mas quando por ela passa
Seu vulto que me seduz
A ruazinha modesta
É uma paisagem de festa
É uma cascata de luz

Na rua uma poça d'água
Espelho da minha mágoa
Transporta o céu
Para o chão
Tal qual o chão de minha vida
A minh'alma comovida
O meu pobre coração

Espelho da minha mágoa
Meus olhos
São poças d'água
Sonhando com seu olhar
Ela é tão rica e eu tão pobre
Eu sou plebeu
Ela é nobre
Não vale a pena sonhar

The street where I live

English lyrics by Rita Cammarota

The street where I live

Has a princess so dear

That the moon has to hide

In those eyes, in a dream,

The sun borrows, so it seems,

All its glorious light

My street has no grace

But as she comes, in her pace

I see her figure arise

That modest landscape

Becomes a noble place

I´m proud of that sight

In the street, the water stream

Reflects my sad feelings

And shifts the sky

To the ground

Such as the ground of my life

My whole spirit moved inside

My heart makes no sound

A reflection of my tears

My eyes

Are water streams

Longing for her sight

She is so rich and I´m in need

I´m a beggar

She´s a queen

It´s so useless to dream