Castro added the "h" to his first name for the release of his successful album, "Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor" in 1999. "Christian Castro," however, is still not widely used as "Cristian Castro," and Castro actually went back to using "Cristian" on his albums until 2004.
Castro released "Azul" in 2001, and won the "Best Latin Pop Album of the Year" award.
Castro married Paraguayan, Gabriela Bo, in Asunción in 2003.
Saudade
Cristian Castro Lyrics
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Tendrás que antes de todo, conocer, sentir lo que es querer
Lo que es ternura
Tener por siempre un puro amor, vivir
Después que hayas perdido aquel amor
Saudade es soledad, melancolía
Es lejanía, es recordar, sufrir
The lyrics of Cristian Castro's song Saudade delve into the emotion of longing and yearning for a lost love. The lyrics indicate that in order to truly understand what saudade means, one must first know what it means to deeply love and feel tenderness. The song suggests that saudade is a feeling of sadness or nostalgia that arises from a distance or a separation from a loved one. It is also described as a feeling of loneliness and longing that comes from remembering and suffering after the loss of love.
The lyrics are composed in a way that effectively conveys the complex emotion of saudade. The song is conversational and asks the listener to imagine a scenario, in which they have lost a love, in order to truly understand what saudade means. The use of repetition reinforces the message of the song and emphasizes the importance of experiencing love and its loss in order to fully grasp the meaning of saudade.
Line by Line Meaning
Si insistes en saber, lo que es saudade
If you insist on knowing what saudade is
Tendrás que antes de todo, conocer, sentir lo que es querer
You must first know and feel what it means to love
Lo que es ternura
What tenderness is
Tener por siempre un puro amor, vivir
To have and cherish pure love forever, to live
Después comprenderás lo que es saudade
Only then will you understand what saudade truly is
Después que hayas perdido aquel amor
Once you've lost that love
Saudade es soledad, melancolía
Saudade is loneliness and melancholy
Es lejanía, es recordar, sufrir
It's distance, it's remembering, it's suffering
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PAULO SERGIO KOSTENB VALLE, AUGUSTO CESAR DE OLI TEIXEIRA, MIHAIL PLOPSCHI
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