Alcione (Alcione Nazaré, São Luís, Maranhão, November 21, 1947) also known … Read Full Bio ↴Alcione (Alcione Nazaré, São Luís, Maranhão, November 21, 1947) also known as Marrom (brownie) is one of the most successful female sambists in Brazil who first claimed international recognition in the late 1970s, and has had 19 gold records and two platinum records.

Alcione was introduced to the traditional Brazilian music by her father. He was a military musician who worked as the conductor of the corps marching band. At the age of thirteen, she was already able to give vocal performance in college parties. At this same age, she began to study clarinet, and then learnt to play the trumpet.

At age 20 Alcione moved to Rio de Janeiro. There she worked at the city's TV Excelsior, and later went on tour in Argentina and Chile for four months. On returning to Brazil, she settled in São Paulo, working in nightclub and making appearances on television. In 1970, she started her two-year tour in Europe, performing as a vocalist and a trumpet artist.

In 1972, when back to Brazil, Alcione recorded her first single. The following year, she traveled to sing in Mexico and, in 1974, Portugal, where she recorded her first full-length album. In 1975 Alcione released her LP, A Voz do Samba, which achieved gold sales status and featured several hit tracks. The most successful songs were Não Deixe o Samba Morrer, written by Edson and Aloiso, and O Surdo, written by Totonho/Paulinho Resende.

In the late 1970s, Nazaré became well-known as a samba artist and achieved international recognition. She recorded Alerta Geral for Philips Records and, in 1978, released this album, the title of which was taken from a television show that Alcione had hosted on TV Globo for two years. Following its success, Alcione continued to release several other full-length albums in late 1970s and early 1980s, including her self-titled album.

In 1997, Alcione signed with Universal Records, subsequently releasing a label debut named Valeu, through Polygram the next year. This was followed by Celebração that same year, and Claridade---Uma Homenagem A Clara Nunes in 1999. In December 2002 Alcione was recognized for playing an important part in founding the Paraíso School of Samba in London, England. She also helped organizing and preparing the stage for a British version of the Carnival Brasil, Paraíso dos Orixás (Brazil, Paradise of the Gods). In 2003, her 2002 album, Ao Vivo, received the Best Samba/Pagode Album Award at fourth Latin Grammy Award ceremony.

She has interpreted several hits such as Não deixe o samba morrer, Lá vem você, Gostoso veneno and Ilha da maré.

On July 7, 2007 she performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.

Na Mesma Proporção
Alcione Lyrics

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O amor
Quem sabe um dia ainda volte a correr nas minhas veias
Quem sabe queira envolver-me outra vez nas suas teias
Quem sabe venha me fazer feliz
Ou venha pra sangrar
O certo é que já não virá
Mais de você
O amor que eu terei não será

Mais pra você
Amar é dar é receber
E se envolver com a vida
Mas você não sabe e nunca vai saber
Quando eu sem refletir
Logo te abri meu coração
Você
Fechou o seu
Na mesma proporção
Agora resolvi deixar você em paz
Porque vi que mereço muito mais
Perdoe a presunção
Mas sei que muito tenho a dar
Amor é emoção
Que não se pode sufocar
Por isso declarei o amor
E quem sabe um dia
Virá de vez pra minha companhia
E ei de me envolver denovo
Em outras teias

Enquanto sangue houver
Nas minhas veias

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Alcione's song "Na Mesma Proporção" talk about the theme of love and its hold on a person’s life. The lyrics suggest that the singer still hopes for love to return and consume her, much like it used to do so in the past. However, she has come to the realization that the love she will receive now will not be the same as before. She reflects on how love is about giving and receiving, and it involves getting entangled with life. The singer accuses her lover of not loving her with the same intensity that she had for him. She admits that she had opened up her heart to him, but he had closed his heart to her in the same measure. Now the singer has decided to move on from her former lover and chooses to leave him behind. She believes that she deserves someone who can reciprocate the same level of love and affection that she has to offer, acknowledging that she is capable of giving so much.

The lyrics of "Na Mesma Proporção" encapsulate the pain of a broken-up relationship and the hope that love will come again. It portrays that love is about emotions and the passion that the person holds in their heart, which cannot be suffocated. The lyrics suggest that the singer is optimistic about finding a new love, believing that it will come to her whenever the times are right. In the end, the song affirms that love is a powerful emotion that can influence someone's life by altering their perception of what their heart demands, and the sentiment can strike anyone at any stage in life.

Line by Line Meaning

O amor
Love

Quem sabe um dia ainda volte a correr nas minhas veias
Maybe one day, love will flow in my veins again

Quem sabe queira envolver-me outra vez nas suas teias
Maybe it will want to catch me in its webs again

Quem sabe venha me fazer feliz
Maybe it will come to make me happy

Ou venha pra sangrar
Or come to bleed me

O certo é que já não virá
What's certain is that it won't come anymore

Mais de você
More from you

O amor que eu terei não será
The love I'll have won't be

Mais pra você
More for you

Amar é dar é receber
To love is to give and receive

E se envolver com a vida
And to involve oneself with life