António Zambujo was born in Beja, Alentejo (South of Portugal) in 1975. He … Read Full Bio ↴António Zambujo was born in Beja, Alentejo (South of Portugal) in 1975. He grew up listening to the traditional male chant called ‘Cante Alentejano’ that became one of his strongest influences. Around the age of 8, Zambujo started studying clarinet but soon he fell in love with Fado when listening to Amália Rodrigues, Alfredo Marceneiro, Maria Teresa de Noronha and João Ferreira Rosa. And it was singing, when he was 16 years old, that he won a regional Fado contest. His professional carreer started when Mário Pacheco, the renowned Portuguese guitarist and composer, invited him to sing in his Clube de Fado, in Lisbon. Not for a long time though… After an audition, António was chosen to take the role of Francisco da Cruz, Amalia’s first husband, in the blockbuster Musical ‘Amália’. He performed continuously during 4 years in Lisbon and after that he toured all around Portugal achieving enormous success. ‘It was a unique experience that taught me the stage «feeling» plus the strict working discipline of a theatre company’. In 2002 his first record ‘O mesmo Fado’ was released. Though you can find in it, as in all Zambujo’s records, some influences of ..Cante Alentejano’, the record achieved great recognition in the “Fado world’. Several songs were chosen to be part of major Fado anthologies and António Zambujo won the prestigious ‘Radio Nova FM’ prize for the ‘Best new Fado voice’ that was previously addressed to Mariza, Camané and Mafalda Arnauth. The 2004’s ‘Por meu cante’ gave us some clues about Zambujo’s future artistic path. His homeland influences were clearer, the merge between ‘Cante Alentejano’ and Fado was always present and, though it happened to be somehow controversial, no impeachment was called. António Zambujo won the Amália Rodrigues Foundation’s prize for the Best Fado Male Singer. 2007 is a significant year in Zambujo’s career. His third record ‘Outro sentido’ is a statement from a mature artist that has found his own particular way. Also the remarkable Lisbon’s festival closing concert and the duet with Luís Represas, a top pop singer, have shown that Zambujo and his music are really difficult to label.

Guia
António Zambujo Lyrics

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Atravessei o oceano
Sem o teu amor de guia
Só o tempo no meu bolso
E o vento que me seguia

Venci colinas de lágrimas
Desertos de água fria
Tempestades de lembranças

Mas tu já não me querias mais
Tu já não me querias mais

Procurei a terra firme
Em cada onda que subia
O sol cegava meus olhos
Toda a noite eu te perdia

Lá dentro no pensamento
Virou tudo nostalgia
Água, sal e sofrimento
Porque tu não me querias mais
Tu não me querias mais

Já era agosto
Quando acordei na praia
Vi chegar a primavera
Fiz nova cama de flores
Lembrei de todas as cores
Cantei baixinho p'ra elas

Hoje falo em segredo
Dessa paixão esquecida
P'ra não acordar saudade
P'ra não despertar o medo
Pois um amor de verdade
Sonha p'ro resto da vida

Mas tu já não me querias mais
Tu já não me querias mais
Tu já não me querias mais

Atravessei o oceano
Sem o teu amor de guia
Só o tempo no meu bolso
E o vento que me seguia

Venci colinas de lágrimas
Desertos de água fria
Tempestades de lembranças
Mas tu já não me querias mais
Tu já não me querias mais

Tu já não me querias mais

Overall Meaning

The song "Guia" by António Zambujo is a poignant ballad that tells the story of a journey taken without guidance of a lost love. The singer of the song has crossed the ocean with only time in his pocket and the wind as a companion, without any direction or navigation. As he sailed the seas, he faced hills of tears, deserts of cold water, and storms of memories, all while knowing that the person he loved no longer wanted him. The powerful emotions conveyed in the lyrics allow the listener to feel the pain of this journey and the heartbreak that led to it.

In the chorus, Zambujo reveals the key to his protagonist's journey: the lost love no longer wanted him. The pain of this rejection is deepened by the realization that it happened while he was so far from home, facing impossible odds. Despite this, the singer perseveres and reaches the shore in August, greeted by spring and the chance to start anew. He creates a bed of flowers and revels in their colors, using the memory to bury the past and focus on the future. However, the sadness of the lost love remains, as the singer muses that true love stays with one's memories and dreams, even if it can never be regained.

Line by Line Meaning

Atravessei o oceano
I sailed across the ocean

Sem o teu amor de guia
Without your love to guide me

Só o tempo no meu bolso
Only time in my pocket

E o vento que me seguia
And the wind that followed me

Venci colinas de lágrimas
I conquered hills of tears

Desertos de água fria
Deserts of cold water

Tempestades de lembranças
Storms of memories

Mas tu já não me querias mais
But you no longer wanted me

Procurei a terra firme
I searched for solid ground

Em cada onda que subia
In every wave that rose

O sol cegava meus olhos
The sun blinded my eyes

Toda a noite eu te perdia
All night I lost you

Lá dentro no pensamento
Inside my mind

Virou tudo nostalgia
Everything became nostalgia

Água, sal e sofrimento
Water, salt, and pain

Porque tu não me querias mais
Because you no longer wanted me

Já era agosto
It was already August

Quando acordei na praia
When I woke up on the beach

Vi chegar a primavera
I saw spring arrive

Fiz nova cama de flores
I made a new bed of flowers

Lembrei de todas as cores
I remembered all the colors

Cantei baixinho p'ra elas
I sang softly to them

Hoje falo em segredo
Today I speak in secret

Dessa paixão esquecida
Of this forgotten passion

P'ra não acordar saudade
So as not to awaken longing

P'ra não despertar o medo
So as not to arouse fear

Pois um amor de verdade
Because a true love

Sonha p'ro resto da vida
Dreams for the rest of life

Mas tu já não me querias mais
But you no longer wanted me

Tu já não me querias mais
You no longer wanted me

Writer(s): Pierre Albert Aderne, Marco Faraco

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Atravessei o oceano
Sem o teu amor de guia
Só o tempo no meu bolso
E o vento que me seguia

Venci colinas de lágrimas
Desertos de água fria
Tempestades de lembranças
Mas tu já não me querias mais, mais
Tu já não me querias mais

Procurei a terra firme
Em cada onda que subia
O sol cegava meus olhos
Toda a noite eu te perdia

Lá dentro no pensamento
Virou tudo nostalgia
Água, sal e sofrimento
Porque tu não me querias mais
Tu não me querias mais

Já era Agosto, quando acordei na praia
E vi chegar a primavera, fiz nova cama de flores
Lembrei de todas as cores, cantei baixinho pra elas

Hoje falo em segredo, nessa paixão esquecida
Pra não acordar saudade, pra não despertar o medo,
Pois um amor de verdade, sonha pró resto da vida.

Mas tu já não me querias mais,
Tu já não me querias mais...
Tu já não me querias mais...

Songwriters: Pierre Aderne / Marcio Faraco
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Guide

I crossed the ocean
Without your love to guide me
Only time in my pocket
And the wind behind me

I conquered hills of tears
Deserts of cold water
Tempests of memories
But you didn't want me anymore
You didn't want me anymore

I searched for dry land
In each wave that rose
The sun blinded my eyes
All night i lost you

In my mind
Everything became nostalgia
Water, salt and suffering
For you didn't want me anymore
You didn't want me anymore

It was August when i woke on the beach
I saw spring arriving, made a new bed of flowers
I remembered each colour and sang softly to them

Today i speak in secret of this forgotten passion
Neither walking my yearning nor rousing my fear
For true love dreams to the end of one's life

But you didn't want me anymore
You didn't want me anymore
You didn't want me anymore
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Guía

Atravesé el océano
sin tu amor como guía,
sólo el tiempo en mi bolso
y el viento que me seguía.

Vencí colinas de lágrimas,
desiertos de agua fría,
tempestades de recuerdos,
pero tú ya no me querías más,
tú ya no me querías más.

Busqué la tierra firme
en cada ola que subía,
el sol cegaba mis ojos,
cada noche te perdía.

Allá dentro en el pensamiento,
se volvió todo nostalgia,
agua, sal y sufrimiento
porque tú no me querías,
tú no me querías más.

Ya era agosto cuando desperté en la playa,
vi llegar la primavera, hice nueva cama de flores,
recordé todos los colores, canté bajito para ellos.

Hoy hablo en secreto de esa pasión olvidada
para no evocar nostalgia, para no despertar el miedo,
pues un amor de verdad sueña para el resto de la vida.

Pero tú ya no me querías,
tú ya no querías más...
tú ya no querías más...