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.

Não Vale Mais Um Dia
António Zambujo Lyrics

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Não vale mais um dia que uma hora
Se um dia não disser isto que digo
Não há dia na vida que eu não morra
Para ter uma hora só contigo

Não há dia na vida que eu não morra
Para ter uma hora só contigo

Ai se eu te amasse mais do que sabia
Ai se eu soubesse o que já sei agora
Não vale mais a vida do que um dia
Não vale mais um dia que uma hora

Não vale mais a vida do que um dia
Não vale mais um dia que uma hora

Por cada amor que passa nós morremos
Morremos desse amor enquanto dura
Só quando a vida passa é que sabemos
Se o amor é doença, não tem cura

Só quando a vida passa é que sabemos
Se o amor é doença, não tem cura

Não vale mais um dia que uma hora
Não vale mais a dor que a despedida
A hora em que tu te foste embora
Não cabe num dia da minha vida

A hora em que tu te foste embora
Não cabe num dia da minha vida

Overall Meaning

The song “Não Vale Mais Um Dia” by António Zambujo speaks about the intense emotions associated with lost love. The first line of the chorus is particularly striking - “Não vale mais um dia que uma hora” - which translates to “a day is not worth more than an hour.” The singer’s love is so strong that they feel they would rather have one hour with their loved one than a whole day without them. The repetition of this line throughout the song reinforces the singer’s desperation for their love’s presence.

The second verse speaks to regret and the realization that the singer did not fully grasp the depth of their love until the moment had passed. “Ai se eu te amasse mais do que sabia” - “Oh if I loved you more than I knew” - highlights this notion perfectly. Time passes, and the singer realizes that their love was more profound than they ever realized. The final verse contemplates the nature of love and its effects. The lyrics “só quando a vida passa é que sabemos, se o amor é doença, não tem cura” - “only when life passes do we know, if love is a disease, it has no cure” - emphasize the intensity of the emotion.

Line by Line Meaning

Não vale mais um dia que uma hora
A day is not worth more than an hour if I can spend that hour with you.

Se um dia não disser isto que digo
If I don’t tell you now, one day will not be enough for me to express my feelings.

Não há dia na vida que eu não morra
Every day feels incomplete without you, making me feel like I’m dying.

Para ter uma hora só contigo
I would die every day for the chance to spend just an hour with you.

Ai se eu te amasse mais do que sabia
If only I had known earlier how much I would love you.

Ai se eu soubesse o que já sei agora
If only I had realized sooner how much you meant to me.

Não vale mais a vida do que um dia
Life is not worth more than a day without you in it.

Por cada amor que passa nós morremos
We die a little with every love that ends.

Morremos desse amor enquanto dura
We die from this love while it lasts.

Só quando a vida passa é que sabemos
Only when life passes us by do we realize.

Se o amor é doença, não tem cura
Love is an incurable disease, it’s a part of who we are.

Não vale mais a dor que a despedida
The pain of separation is worth more than anything.

A hora em que tu te foste embora
The moment you left me is something that cannot be quantified in a single day of my life.

Não cabe num dia da minha vida
It doesn’t fit into just one day of my life.

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