Beginning her career as a teenager, Oxa debuted with 16 years in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione da poco", placing second in the competition. Following her success in Sanremo, she released her debut studio album Oxanna (1978) that year, which became her first chart-topping album in Italy. After numerous participations in Sanremo during the 1980s, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" as a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the competition, and thus were chosen as the Italian representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne, competing with the song "Avrei voluto"; they placed ninth in the finals. Oxa went on to win Sanremo once more, winning the Sanremo Music Festival 1999 as a soloist with the song "Senza pietà". In total, Oxa has competed in Sanremo fourteen times across five decades, and additionally has hosted the competition in 1994.
In her 40-year long career, Oxa has released seventeen studio albums, of which two of them have charted at number-one on the FIMI Albums Chart. Outside of singing, Oxa cohosted Fantastico for two years, was a judge on Amici di Maria De Filippi, and competed in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars. As an actress, she has appeared in Stryx (1978) and the film Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).
Dama
Anna Oxa Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
apuntes en el diario de la vida.
Quedarán viejas historias
lejos de mi día adía,
de blanco y rojo vestiré.
Seré un ángel para ti,
una dama a quien poder abrir tu alma.
y muy despacio apagaré.
Dama por ti, que sabes tu de mi.
Dama por ti su querrás.
Veo tus manos sobre mi,
lentamente abren ya mi cerradura,
pero la puerta de mi alma al improviso se abrirá
y otra persona surgirá.
Seré la dama que tu quieres con su feminilidad
y te la regalará.
Dama que te sabe conquistar apenas con su sencillez
y que te amará.
Dama.
Hay un cielo que nos ve,
tu podrás colorear mi edad, lo sé,
y la noche en blanco y negro aquí ya nunca más veré
porque dama yo por ti seré.
The lyrics of Anna Oxa's song "Dama" are about leaving behind memories and old stories, and being reborn as a new person, a "Dama" or lady, in order to open up to someone and connect with them on a deeper level. The opening lines speak of leaving behind memories that are recorded in the diary of life, and of distant stories that will be left behind. The singer then proclaims that she will dress in white and red, and become an angel for the person she is singing to. She claims that she will be a lady that can open up their soul, but also warns that she will ignite their desire like a flame and then slowly extinguish it.
The chorus of the song declares that the singer is becoming a "Dama" for the person she is addressing, and asks them what they know of her. The second verse speaks of the person's hands slowly opening her "lock", but warns that when the door to her soul opens, a different person will emerge. The singer then promises to be the woman that the person desires, with her femininity and simplicity, and to love them as a "Dama".
Overall, the song is about transformation and the willingness to change oneself in order to connect with another person. The singer is portraying herself as a symbol of purity and transformation, while warning that she can also be a source of temptation and that she will not be the same person once her true self is revealed.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuantos recuerdos dejo atrás,
I have left behind so many memories
apuntes en el diario de la vida.
they were like notes in the diary of my life
Quedarán viejas historias
Those stories will become old
lejos de mi día adía,
and faraway from my everyday life
de blanco y rojo vestiré.
I will dress in white and red.
Seré un ángel para ti,
I will be an angel for you
una dama a quien poder abrir tu alma.
A lady to whom you can open up your soul.
Pero como un sol de fuego tu deseo encenderé
I will ignite your desire like a burning sun
y muy despacio apagaré.
and slowly extinguish it.
Dama por ti, que sabes tu de mi.
Lady for you, what do you know about me?
Dama por ti su querrás.
Lady for you, they will want me.
Veo tus manos sobre mi,
I see your hands on me
lentamente abren ya mi cerradura,
slowly opening my lock
pero la puerta de mi alma al improviso se abrirá
But the door of my soul will suddenly open
y otra persona surgirá.
and another person will emerge.
Seré la dama que tu quieres con su feminilidad
I will be the lady that you want with my femininity
y te la regalará.
And I will give it to you
Dama que te sabe conquistar apenas con su sencillez
Lady who knows how to conquer you with just her simplicity
y que te amará.
And who will love you.
Dama.
Lady.
Hay un cielo que nos ve,
There's a sky that sees us
tu podrás colorear mi edad, lo sé,
You will be able to color my age, I know
y la noche en blanco y negro aquí ya nunca más veré
And I will never see the black and white night again here, ever.
porque dama yo por ti seré.
Because I will be a lady for you.
Contributed by Oliver T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.