The specialized critics loved the debut album on Ana Laíns – Sentidos. Revi… Read Full Bio ↴The specialized critics loved the debut album on Ana Laíns – Sentidos. Reviews in World Music (Spain), Songlines (UK) and Global Rhythm (USA) have paid tribute to the songs presented in Sentidos. Born in 1979, at Tomar – Portugal, Ana Laíns sings from early age. She first stepped on a stage aged 6. Soon after, she realizes that music is a very important part in her life. She lives all her childhood and teenage years in a very small village, near Constância. With 18 years old, Ana Laíns decides to move to Lisbon, the capital on Portugal, in order to pursuit her musical dream. This, at first sight, risky step soon pays of with the first conquests. During the first years of her career, Ana takes part as a singer in several projects, from jazz to bossa nova. Being a performer in these different styles, helped her to grow as an artist, and to lend a sui generis note to her path in Fado and traditional music. In 1996, Ana enters the first musical contests, and has been awarded several times, wining the 1999 Grande Noite do Fado. This special prize is also a revelation: according to Ana Laíns, is in Fado that she has found the best way to express and share her feelings with the audience. Later on, a tour by several countries follows. At age of 22, Ana has already performed in stages in France, USA, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. The first recording experiences took place six years ago, for “Songs about Lisbon”, just before the invitation to be part of Difference’s compilation “Divas do Fado Novo”. In 2005, Ana is featured at “Amália revisted”, a compilation where she gives “Povo que lavas no rio” a modern touch. “Sentidos”, the first album, is released in 2006, through the label Different World, and is also the debut of Diogo Clemente as a producer. At the studio, Ana had the precious collaboration of Diogo Clemente at the acoustic guitar (credited not only for the production, but also for the musical direction and arrangements), Fernando Araújo at bass guitar, Bernardo Couto at Portuguese guitar, Vicky at percussion, Ricardo Mota at cello and Ruben Alves at accordion, piano and melodica. “Sentidos” is a record full of true songs. A contemporary approach to Fado, where we can find more introspective themes with simple lullaby melodies, that take us back to our childhood imaginary. On the other side, we can find Fado references, on it’s most classical shape, as well as Portuguese traditional music influences. Ana Laíns lyricist choice was upon some of her side bed table companions, such as Florbela Espanca, Lídia Oliveira, António Ramos Rosa, among others. “Pouco tempo”, the first video and single from “Sentidos” was already requested for compilations. It’s featured at “Novo Fado” (worldwide distribution) and “Colors” (Greece, Cyprus, the Balkan Territory and Ukraine). Ana has presented “Sentidos”, the live show, in Greece, Portugal and Spain. Russia is already booked for November. Other countries are to be followed.

Esta Saudade Não Quer Partir
Ana Laíns Lyrics

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Se ao acordar chamasse por ti
e o eco do quarto não soasse assim
os muros de saudade que não parti
são horas de silêncio que vivem em mim

Esta inocência tarda em abalar
a fragilidade não se quer quebrar,
e a incerteza que me faz procurar

o rasto deixado pelo teu olhar

Esta saudade não quer partir
os meus sentidos não a deixam ir
esta vontade que me quer seduzir
invade o meu corpo que espera por ti

És a poesia que me dá prazer
e a melodia que canto sem querer

a cumplicidade ao amanhecer
és a loucura que me faz viver.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Ana Laíns's song Esta Saudade Não Quer Partir describe the lingering feeling of longing for someone who is no longer present. The singer expresses a yearning for the person she wakes up thinking about, imagining that his presence would fill the empty room and alleviate the palpable longing that seeps through her every day. She conveys the sense of being trapped in a room of nostalgia and barely holding together the fragility of her emotions. She searches for any traces left behind by the person she misses, in a desperate attempt to capture their essence and keep it with her.

The chorus repeats the theme of the song, emphasizing the burden of the singer's longing and how it consumes her senses. She describes the yearning as seductive and invasive, making her physically ache for the person she longs for. In the final verse, the singer characterizes the missed person as someone who brings her pleasure and inspiration, and who helps her feel alive, suggesting the depth of their connection and the magnitude of her loss.

Line by Line Meaning

Se ao acordar chamasse por ti
If I woke up and called for you

e o eco do quarto não soasse assim
And the room didn't echo like this

os muros de saudade que não parti
The walls of longing that I haven't left behind

são horas de silêncio que vivem em mim
Are hours of silence that live within me

Esta inocência tarda em abalar
This innocence is slow to break

a fragilidade não se quer quebrar,
The fragility doesn't want to break

e a incerteza que me faz procurar
And the uncertainty that makes me search

o rasto deixado pelo teu olhar
For the trace left by your gaze

Esta saudade não quer partir
This longing doesn't want to leave

os meus sentidos não a deixam ir
My senses won't let it go

esta vontade que me quer seduzir
This desire that wants to seduce me