Her greatest mystery is the definition of her soul as a Fado singer, given … Read Full Bio ↴Her greatest mystery is the definition of her soul as a Fado singer, given she grew up away from the "family" of Fado. That soul is revealed in her intelligent voice, in her rare timbre, in the way the words sound so organic, syllable by syllable, note by note… The poems, the music set a mood for the story that is being sung; the instrumental accompaniment further underscores the intuition of the Fado singer, shaping the voice to the meaning of the words, to the musical improvisation. Together, these elements make the Art of Fado. It only appears when there is a soul. If there is a soul. Aldina's personality is entirely within her performing abilities. Everything in her art becomes immediately original, in a shockingly simple way. Aldina Duarte believes. Aldina Duarte makes us believe. Aldina Duarte began working at 20 in a newspaper. Then she worked in radio. She was a backing singer in an art school band. She performed in a film, Manuel Mozos's Xavier, where she sang the only Fado she had ever known, Rua do Capelão, one of Amália Rodrigues' greatest hits. Later, she started listening to Fado in a venue where she first came across Beatriz da Conceição, one of the genre's classic divas. They spoke of Fado, of life as a Fado singer. Aldina became enamoured of all she heard; asked for her advice, heard her speak of everything that means anything in Fado. She wished to sing Fado. She spent her days listening to records, her nights listening to singers, her months reading and memorizing poems. She sang in a stage play. Later she sang live during Lisbon's June celebrations; then she accepted an invitation for a TV variety show where she only lasted three programmes, realising it wasn't the road she wanted to take. It all suddenly fit into place when she sang, in a residency at a prestigious Lisbon theatre. Once a month, they would invite their favourite Fado singers and actors who would do poetry readings. The residency was often favourably mentioned in the press, audiences flocked.
Then Aldina was invited to sing nightly in a Fado venue; it was as if she had passed a tough entrance exam into a Fado school. She respected and maintained the rituals she had always found distinctive and beautiful about Fado: a black shawl, a black dress, silence, diffuse lighting. Everything she had ever loved about Fado. Her success led to invitations to sing in other Fado venues, to guest in concerts. One day she was invited to sing abroad, in the Piccolo Teatro of Milan; to sing Fado in a play about poet Fernando Pessoa, written by novelist and essayist Antonio Tabucchi and directed by lead actor Giancarlo Dettori, director Lamberto Puggelli and the Master, Giorgio Strehler. The experience helped shape what was to become her attitude towards Fado, leading her to be more careful about what she sang, and how she sang it. Besides singing professionally at the Senhor Vinho venue, Aldina has worked in the the Portuguese Cinemathèque - Cinema Museum and is currently a researcher at EMI Music Portugal where she is organizing the company's immense archives of Portuguese music - much of which is made up of Fado recordings. Beginning 2004, Aldina Duarte released her debut album “Apenas o Amor”. Since then she has been performing concerts in Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Italy, Belgium, Austria and The Netherlands. “Apenas o Amor” since its release has been referred as one of the best albums of 2004 by the Portuguese press. Her second cd "Crua" was released in January of 2006.The album was produced by João Monge who was also responsible for writing the lyrics... And now, 2008, the third album "Mulheres ao Espelho"...

Ainda Mais Triste
Aldina Duarte Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Era tão branco o chão em que eu pisava
Era tão negro o céu que me cobria
Por mais triste que fosse o que eu contava
Ainda era mais triste o que eu escondia

Por mais longa que fosse a madrugada
Ainda era mais longo aquele dia
Por mais triste que eu fosse assim calada

Ainda era mais triste o que eu dizia

Era tão grande o perigo de naufrágio
Maior que todo o medo que eu sentia
Por mais triste que fosse o meu presságio
Ainda era mais triste o que eu sabia

Mais triste do que a morte era a tristeza
Da vida que me davam, que eu pedia

Mas ainda mais triste era a certeza
Que ser apenas triste era o que eu queria.

Overall Meaning

In Aldina Duarte's song "Ainda Mais Triste," the singer struggles to come to terms with her own sadness. The lyrics describe a world that is both dark and white, a reflection of the emotional turmoil going on inside her. She can't escape her sadness, no matter how hard she tries to hide it or run from it. Even though she may be telling a sad story to someone else, there's always the weight of what she's keeping inside herself that's even sadder. The night feels interminable, and the sadness feels like a weight threatening to drown her.

The singer also expresses her fear of drowning in her own despair. She feels like the danger of going under is greater than anything else she's afraid of, like it's just waiting to swallow her up. The tone of the lyrics is mournful and introspective; the singer is looking at the world around her and seeing only the bleakness of her own suffering. And at the end of the song, she admits that maybe she just wants to be sad. Perhaps she is addicted to her pain, or maybe it provides her with some comfort. Either way, it is clear that her sadness has become a defining feature of her life.

Line by Line Meaning

Era tão branco o chão em que eu pisava
The ground I walked on was so white

Era tão negro o céu que me cobria
The sky above me was so black

Por mais triste que fosse o que eu contava
No matter how sad my story was

Ainda era mais triste o que eu escondia
It was even sadder what I kept hidden

Por mais longa que fosse a madrugada
No matter how long the night was

Ainda era mais longo aquele dia
That day was even longer

Por mais triste que eu fosse assim calada
Even though I was sad and silent like that

Ainda era mais triste o que eu dizia
What I said was even sadder

Era tão grande o perigo de naufrágio
The danger of shipwreck was so great

Maior que todo o medo que eu sentia
Greater than all the fear I felt

Por mais triste que fosse o meu presságio
No matter how sad my premonition was

Ainda era mais triste o que eu sabia
What I knew was even sadder

Mais triste do que a morte era a tristeza
The sadness was sadder than death

Da vida que me davam, que eu pedia
The life they gave me, which I asked for

Mas ainda mais triste era a certeza
But what was even sadder was the certainty

Que ser apenas triste era o que eu queria
That being just sad was what I wanted

Contributed by Eli L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

TRACKS

Genre not found

Artist not found

Album not found

Search results not found

Song not found

Comments from YouTube:

José Diogo Aida

10y↑1

Tão lindo... Gosto tanto...

Silvia Cruz

3y↑1

Amo de paixão

Joana Jacinto

Nao ouvi muitas vezes esta selhora
Mas k 1grande fadista parabens

Silvia Cruz

3y↑1

Não me canso de te ouvir,

maria santos

adoro !!!

Clara Duarte

9y↑1

adoro

Tender Events

Se Brel fosse português gostaria de ser como a Aldina. Que voz tão expressiva, que sentimentos, que expressões faciais únicas! Os meus alunos estrangeiros deliciam-se com os seus fados. Porque será?