Clara Francisca Gonçalves Pinheiro (August 12, 1942, Caetanópolis, Minas Ge… Read Full Bio ↴Clara Francisca Gonçalves Pinheiro (August 12, 1942, Caetanópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil — April 2, 1983, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), best known as Clara Nunes, was one of the biggest female Brazilian singers and performers of samba music and MPB.

A researcher of Brazilian popular music, its rhythms and folklore, she has also traveled to many countries representing the Brazilian culture. A connoisseur of African music, dance, traditions, and religions, she converted to Candomblé and took Afro-Brazilian culture into her songs and costumes. She was one of the singers who recorded the most songs by the composers of Portela, her favorite samba school. She was also the first female Brazilian singer to sell more than one hundred thousand records, breaking a taboo according to which women did not sell records in Brazil. During her whole career she sold four million four hundred thousand records. She was considered by Rolling Stone magazine as the ninth greatest Brazilian voice and, by the same magazine, the fifty-first greatest Brazilian artist of all time.

On April 2, 1983, she died at age 40, after suffering from anaphylaxis during a surgery to treat varicose veins. Even today she remains one of the most popular singers in Brazil.

Sofrimento De Quem Ama
Clara Nunes Lyrics

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Os meus olhos vertem lagrimas
Meu coracao arde em chamas
Ai quanto e doloroso
O sofrimento de quem ama

A minha alma reclama
Sinto meu coracao pelo ardor da chama dilacerar
Por uma fingida mulher que nao sabe

Que nao sabe amar

Eu imploro a Deus resignacao
Para suportar a chama

Que dilacera o meu coracao
Os meus olhos vertem lagrimas

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Clara Nunes's song "Sofrimento De Quem Ama" portray the pain and suffering of someone in love. The song begins with the singer expressing their deep sadness and tears, illustrating the intense emotions they are experiencing. Their heart is described as burning in flames, emphasizing the overwhelming pain they feel. The lyrics then highlight the agony of loving someone, emphasizing the difficulty and torment it brings.

The singer's soul cries out for relief, indicating the immense distress they are going through. They feel their heart being torn apart by the intensity of the love they have for a woman who is described as fake and incapable of truly loving. Despite the singer's plea for resignation, they are unable to bear the flame that is tearing their heart apart, resulting in their eyes shedding tears.

Line by Line Meaning

Os meus olhos vertem lagrimas
My eyes shed tears

Meu coracao arde em chamas
My heart burns in flames

Ai quanto e doloroso
Oh, how painful it is

O sofrimento de quem ama
The suffering of those who love

A minha alma reclama
My soul complains

Sinto meu coracao pelo ardor da chama dilacerar
I feel my heart torn apart by the burning flame

Por uma fingida mulher que nao sabe
Because of a deceitful woman who doesn't know

Que nao sabe amar
Who doesn't know how to love

Eu imploro a Deus resignacao
I beg God for resignation

Para suportar a chama
To endure the flame

Que dilacera o meu coracao
That tears apart my heart