Brazilian singer, born in Minas Gerais, 1940.

He began his career i… Read Full Bio ↴Brazilian singer, born in Minas Gerais, 1940.

He began his career in the Diffusing Radio of Colatina, in Espirito Santo, where his family had moved to. Before completing his majority, he went to Rio De Janeiro trying the luck as a crooner in nightclubs. He found success in Latin America interpreting songs like “Sentimental”, “the Trovador”, “Brigas” and “Que queres tu de mim”, the authors of some of the songs are Evaldo Gouveia and Jair Amorim. With Spanish versions of his lyrics, Dutra had also acquired great fame in the Latin community of U.S.A singing at important places like Carnegie Hall. Altemar died at the age of 43, in 1983, in New York, city where he lived then, during a concert in the nightclub "El Continente"”.

Abandono
Altemar Dutra Lyrics

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Se voltar não faça espanto
Cuide apenas de você
Dê um jeito em nossa casa
Ela é nada sem você

Regue as plantas na varanda
Elas devem lhe dizer que eu morri
Todos os anos quando esperei você

Se voltar não me censure
Eu não pude suportar
Nada entendo de abandono
Só de amor e de esperar

Olhe bem pelas vidraças
Elas devem lhe mostrar
Os caminhos do horizonte
Onde eu fui te procurar

Não repare na desordem |
Dessa casa quando entrar |2X

Ela diz tudo o que eu sinto |
De tanto lhe esperar |

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Altemar Dutra's song Abandono express the pain and longing felt by someone who has been abandoned by a loved one. The first verse encourages the person to come back, but warns them not to be surprised by any changes they may see. The singer asks only that the person take care of themselves and tend to the empty home that is nothing without them. The second verse acknowledges the singer's inability to cope with abandonment, confessing that they only understand love and waiting. The singer tells the person to look out the windows, where they will see the paths the singer searched for them on. The final verse begs the person not to judge the disorder of the home, as it reflects the singer's emotions from waiting for them for so long.

Line by Line Meaning

Se voltar não faça espanto
If you come back, don't be surprised

Cuide apenas de você
Just take care of yourself

Dê um jeito em nossa casa
Fix up our house

Ela é nada sem você
It's nothing without you

Regue as plantas na varanda
Water the plants on the balcony

Elas devem lhe dizer que eu morri
They will tell you that I died

Todos os anos quando esperei você
All the years I waited for you

Se voltar não me censure
If you come back, don't blame me

Eu não pude suportar
I couldn't bear it

Nada entendo de abandono
I don't understand abandonment

Só de amor e de esperar
Only love and waiting