Alceu Valenca was born in countryside Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditional northeastern Brazilian music and a broad range of electronic sounds and effects from pop music. One can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music) in most of his songs. Alceu was able to utilize the electric guitar the electric bass, and lately even a synthesizer was added to his broad scope of musical instruments.
Because of that, Alceu was able to recreate Northeastern traditional music, like baiao, coco, toada, maracatu, frevo, caboclinhos, embolada and repentes: all sung with a sometimes rock sometimes alternative sounding music background. His music and his themes are intangible, universal and unlimited. However, his aesthetic basis is genuinely Brazilian Northeastern music.
Depois do Amor
Alceu Valença Lyrics
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Sente o cheiro de um caçador no ar
Tão bonita, linda e nua no riacho
Um rapaz que não quer se mostrar
Um cavalo nervoso, insatisfeito,
Uma égua selvagem, um animal
Um mergulho de um corpo perfeito
E depois do amor nada restou
Não sobrou sequer uma palavra
Nada, nada, nada, nada, nada, nada
The lyrics of Alceu Valença's song "Depois do Amor" talk about a girl who has lost her way in the forest and smells the presence of a hunter around. She is beautiful, naked, and takes a bath in a stream. There's a guy there watching her but hiding himself from her. A moment of passion erupts as the two make love in the wildness, but soon after, nothing is left behind except silence. No words, no emotions, nothing.
The lyrics are metaphorical and evoke a powerful imagery that makes the listener imagine the wilderness, the fragrances, and the sensations. The song speaks of one of the most intense and fulfilling experiences of being human, which is sharing intimacy with someone special. However, the lyrics also suggest that such experiences can be fleeting, leaving nothing but emptiness and silence behind.
Line by Line Meaning
Uma moça que se perdeu no mato
A girl who got lost in the woods
Sente o cheiro de um caçador no ar
Smelling a hunter in the air
Tão bonita, linda e nua no riacho
So beautiful, pretty and naked in the stream
Um rapaz que não quer se mostrar
A boy who doesn't want to show himself
Um cavalo nervoso, insatisfeito,
A nervous and dissatisfied horse
Uma égua selvagem, um animal
A wild mare, an animal
Um mergulho de um corpo perfeito
A dive of a perfect body
Um aquário, um leito nupcial
An aquarium, a wedding bed
E depois do amor nada restou
And after love, nothing remained
Não sobrou sequer uma palavra
Not even a word left behind
Nada, nada, nada, nada, nada, nada
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Contributed by Annabelle L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Vivi Teclas
Umas das obras desse grande artista. Impossível não mexer o corpo ouvindo essa canção.
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Fernando Lima
" Bela poesia da canção. "
Lair Souza
A música q + gosto !!!!!!
Dulcinéia Mion
Depois do amor não restará mais nada...nada...nada...
Selma Lima
Adorei...
Flávio Oliveira
Uma moça que se perdeu no mato
sente o cheiro de um caçador no ar
tão bonita, linda e nua no riacho
um rapaz que não quer se mostrar
Um cavalo nervoso insastifeito
uma égua sevalgem, um animal
um mergulho de um corpo perfeito
num aquário, um leito nupcial
E depois do amor, nada restou
não sobrou sequer uma palavra
nada, nada, nada
nada, nada, nada
nada, nada, nada
nada, nada, nada
Nita Nita
Que desperdício de sentimentos, que pena . . .