A tua espera
António Rocha Lyrics

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Naquele pequeno espaço do nosso quarto vazio
Desde do dia em que partiste
Ai, quantas perguntas faço
Iludindo o desvario do meu viver frio e triste
Ai, quantas perguntas faço
Iludindo o desvario do meu viver frio e triste

Quando pergunto ao luar

Que as vezes num vago acoite
Vem beijar o nosso leito
Se acaso andares de voltar
Esconde-se a lua na noite
E é noite dentro em meu peito

Se me acaso andares de voltar
Esconde-se a lua na noite
E é noite dentro em meu peito

E a saudades todas muitas
Que deixaste no meu peito
Quando sem crer te perdi
Faço um milhão de perguntas
Pois são elas com enfeito
Quem me vem falar de ti

Faço um milhão de perguntas

Pois são elas com enfeito
Quem me vem falar de ti

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of António Rocha's song "A tua espera" discuss the singer's longing for a lost love. The first verse describes the empty space in their room since their partner left, and the incessant questioning that fills the singer's mind. They are trying to distract themselves from the cold and sad reality of their current existence by asking questions that they don't really expect to be answered. The second verse mentions the moon, which occasionally touches the singer and their partner's bed, but disappears when the partner is gone. This further emphasizes the empty feeling inside the singer's heart.

The chorus repeats the idea of asking questions, this time about the million questions that the singer has about their lost love. The questions are described as decorative, something that makes asking them feel almost like a hobby or a form of art. Despite this, the questions are all the singer has left of their love, and so they cling to them.

Overall, the lyrics of "A tua espera" paint a picture of a person consumed by their longing for a love that has been lost. They are struggling to come to terms with the reality of their situation, and so they distract themselves by endlessly questioning what could have been.

Line by Line Meaning

Naquele pequeno espaço do nosso quarto vazio
I sit alone in the empty space of our shared room

Desde do dia em que partiste
ever since the day you left

Ai, quantas perguntas faço
Oh, how many questions I ask

Iludindo o desvario do meu viver frio e triste
distracting myself from the madness of my cold, sad life

Quando pergunto ao luar
When I ask the moon

Que as vezes num vago acoite
who sometimes, in a vague whisper

Vem beijar o nosso leito
Comes to kiss our bed

Se acaso andares de voltar
If you happen to return

Esconde-se a lua na noite
The moon hides in the night

E é noite dentro em meu peito
And it becomes night inside my heart

E a saudades todas muitas
And all the many longings