Giants can always fall
This is the story of how pride and fate
Played their role against Portugal
This tells us of a country once Great
That became what we know as Portugal
In Morocco's sands where fate was sealed
Alcácer Quibir's tale revealed
Of valiant kings and armies strong
But destiny sang a somber song
Hear now the tale of glory's fall
Where Portugal heeded the battle's call
A mighty fleet now lost in time
And a nation's future so redefined
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
From Lisbon's shores with hearts so bold
King Sebastian's dreams of stories told
Through Arzila's lands they marched with pride
To Morocco's fate where hopes would slide
The Saadi force with tactics keen
With Ottoman might behind their sheen
In battle lines so firm and wide
The Portuguese would face the tide
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
From dawn to dusk the fury roared
Both sides in blood and valor poured
Abd al-Malik led his fierce array
Against Sebastian's fateful day
The armies clashed the cannons blazed
In sands the knights of Portugal gazed
Yet outnumbered and overrun
Their fate was sealed before the sun
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
As King Sebastian met his end
No royal line could there extend
Spain's shadow cast upon our land
Transforming all by fateful hand
A once great fleet a naval might
Reduced to shadows in the night
Now trades in wine and culinary
For a past so grand and legendary
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
The Iberian Union thus was born
From Portugal's defeat so worn
Yet history keeps the story clear
Of brave hearts lost and filled with fear
In fields of bread and vine we toil
With culinary arts and Portuguese foil
Yet all remember those brave men
Who died in Alcácer way back when
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of woe
Of prowess lost and ebbing flow
With cannon's boom and warrior's shout
A nation's might was thus snuffed out
So raise your glass a toast in kind
To those brave souls we left behind
Upon the sands they fought and fell
In Alcácer's tragic timeless spell
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
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Giants can always fall
This is the story of how pride and fate
Played their role against Portugal
This tells us of a country once Great
That became what we know as Portugal
In Morocco's sands where fate was sealed
Alcácer Quibir's tale revealed
Of valiant kings and armies strong
But destiny sang a somber song
Hear now the tale of glory's fall
Where Portugal heeded the battle's call
A mighty fleet now lost in time
And a nation's future so redefined
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
From Lisbon's shores with hearts so bold
King Sebastian's dreams of stories told
Through Arzila's lands they marched with pride
To Morocco's fate where hopes would slide
The Saadi force with tactics keen
With Ottoman might behind their sheen
In battle lines so firm and wide
The Portuguese would face the tide
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
From dawn to dusk the fury roared
Both sides in blood and valor poured
Abd al-Malik led his fierce array
Against Sebastian's fateful day
The armies clashed the cannons blazed
In sands the knights of Portugal gazed
Yet outnumbered and overrun
Their fate was sealed before the sun
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
As King Sebastian met his end
No royal line could there extend
Spain's shadow cast upon our land
Transforming all by fateful hand
A once great fleet a naval might
Reduced to shadows in the night
Now trades in wine and culinary
For a past so grand and legendary
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
The Iberian Union thus was born
From Portugal's defeat so worn
Yet history keeps the story clear
Of brave hearts lost and filled with fear
In fields of bread and vine we toil
With culinary arts and Portuguese foil
Yet all remember those brave men
Who died in Alcácer way back when
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of woe
Of prowess lost and ebbing flow
With cannon's boom and warrior's shout
A nation's might was thus snuffed out
So raise your glass a toast in kind
To those brave souls we left behind
Upon the sands they fought and fell
In Alcácer's tragic timeless spell
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
This is the story of how pride and fate
Played their role against Portugal
This tells us of a country once Great
That became what we know as Portugal
In Morocco's sands where fate was sealed
Alcácer Quibir's tale revealed
Of valiant kings and armies strong
But destiny sang a somber song
Hear now the tale of glory's fall
Where Portugal heeded the battle's call
A mighty fleet now lost in time
And a nation's future so redefined
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
From Lisbon's shores with hearts so bold
King Sebastian's dreams of stories told
Through Arzila's lands they marched with pride
To Morocco's fate where hopes would slide
The Saadi force with tactics keen
With Ottoman might behind their sheen
In battle lines so firm and wide
The Portuguese would face the tide
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
From dawn to dusk the fury roared
Both sides in blood and valor poured
Abd al-Malik led his fierce array
Against Sebastian's fateful day
The armies clashed the cannons blazed
In sands the knights of Portugal gazed
Yet outnumbered and overrun
Their fate was sealed before the sun
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
As King Sebastian met his end
No royal line could there extend
Spain's shadow cast upon our land
Transforming all by fateful hand
A once great fleet a naval might
Reduced to shadows in the night
Now trades in wine and culinary
For a past so grand and legendary
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
The Iberian Union thus was born
From Portugal's defeat so worn
Yet history keeps the story clear
Of brave hearts lost and filled with fear
In fields of bread and vine we toil
With culinary arts and Portuguese foil
Yet all remember those brave men
Who died in Alcácer way back when
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of woe
Of prowess lost and ebbing flow
With cannon's boom and warrior's shout
A nation's might was thus snuffed out
So raise your glass a toast in kind
To those brave souls we left behind
Upon the sands they fought and fell
In Alcácer's tragic timeless spell
Oh Alcácer Quibir your song of tears
Of dying dreams and fallen years
With clash of arms and battle's cry
A kingdom's hope was left to die
Writer: Caio Campos
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