Born into a poor family in Maceió (capital of Alagoas, Northeast Brazil), Djavan formed the group Luz, Som, Dimensão (LSD - "Light, Sound, Dimension"), playing Beatles covers. In 1973 Djavan moved to Rio de Janeiro and started singing in local nightclubs. After competing in several festivals he gained attention and recorded the album A Voz, o Violão e a Arte de Djavan in 1976. The album included the song "Flor de Lis" which became one of his most memorable hits. Albums that followed included his other musical influence, African music, and additional hits followed like "Açaí", "Sina" and "Samurai", which featured Stevie Wonder's harmonica. His best known compositions are: "Meu Bem Querer", "Oceano", "Faltando um Pedaço", "Esquinas", "Seduzir", "Pétala", "Lilás", "A Ilha", "Fato Consumado", "Álibi", "Azul" and "Serrado".
His songs have been recorded by Al Jarreau, Carmen McRae, The Manhattan Transfer, and, in Brazil by Gal Costa, Dori Caymmi, Nana Caymmi, Lenine, João Bosco, Chico Buarque, Daniela Mercury, Ney Matogrosso, Dominguinhos, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, Johnny Alf, and other artists. The 1988 Epic Records single, "Stephen's Kingdom", featured a guest appearance from Stevie Wonder.
In 1999, his live concert double-volume album, Ao Vivo, has sold 1.2 million copies and the song, "Acelerou" became the Best Brazilian song of the year at 2000 Latin Grammy Awards.
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Matizes
Djavan Lyrics
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De outra vida, de outro lugar
Se o meu sangue foge
É você que acabou de chegar
O amor consome
Desde quando é só afeição
Pois já traz seu nome
Como dona do meu coração
De me encontrar
Já eu fiquei bem perto
De tremular
Ficamos sós
Perdi a voz
Você sorriu
Foi quando eu ri também
Pensei que morreria...
Ainda bem!
De puro amor
Você tentou amenizar
Aquela emoção
Apanhando uma pedra no chão
Amor não pede nada
E o que sente logo exibe
Você, mesmo abalada,
Tem um encanto
Que me inibe
Na íris dos meus olhos
Mergulhavam seus matizes
A planejar o beijo
Que o desejo
Já exige!
In these lyrics, Djavan is describing a powerful and consuming love that has taken over his heart. He imagines that this love comes from a far-off place, perhaps from another life or another world. Whenever he is near this person, his blood rushes and his heart is overcome with emotion. Despite the intensity of his feelings, he finds himself unable to speak or even move in their presence. Instead, he just smiles and enjoys the moment with this person who has captured his heart.
As he gazes into their eyes, he is mesmerized by their beauty and the different shades of color that he sees there. He realizes that he is completely under their spell and that this love will be with him always. Even when they have calmed down from the intensity of the moment, he still feels the strong urge to kiss them and indulge in the desire that he feels for them, knowing that they share the same passion and affection as he does.
Overall, "Matizes" is a song about the depth and intensity of love that can come from unexpected places, and the powerful emotions that it can unleash in those who experience it.
Line by Line Meaning
Você vem de longe
You come from afar
De outra vida, de outro lugar
From another life, from another place
Se o meu sangue foge
If my blood flees
É você que acabou de chegar
It's you who just arrived
O amor consome
Love consumes
Desde quando é só afeição
Since when it's just affection
Pois já traz seu nome
Because it already carries your name
Como dona do meu coração
As the owner of my heart
Mas você se admira
But you are amazed
De me encontrar
To find me
Já eu fiquei bem perto
I, on the other hand, stayed very close
De tremular
To tremble
Ficamos sós
We were alone
Perdi a voz
I lost my voice
Você sorriu
You smiled
Foi quando eu ri também
That's when I laughed too
Pensei que morreria...
I thought I would die...
Ainda bem!
Thank goodness!
De puro amor
Of pure love
Você tentou amenizar
You tried to alleviate
Aquela emoção
That emotion
Apanhando uma pedra no chão
Picking up a stone from the ground
Amor não pede nada
Love asks for nothing
E o que sente logo exibe
And what it feels, it quickly shows
Você, mesmo abalada,
You, even shaken,
Tem um encanto
Have a charm
Que me inibe
That inhibits me
Na íris dos meus olhos
In the iris of my eyes
Mergulhavam seus matizes
Your shades were diving
A planejar o beijo
Planning the kiss
Que o desejo
That desire
Já exige!
Already demands!
Writer(s): Djavan Caetano Viana Copyright: Luanda Ed. Musicais Ltda
Contributed by Micah G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Gilse Denise Rodrigues
Amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo amo Djavan🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Marcia Melo
"desde de qdo é só afeição? pois já trás seu nome como dona do meu coração."
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@João Viana sua Bateria eh uma Obra de Arte mestre Johnny !!!!
Blessings to All........
Alejandro Medina
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GilDeonOFICIAL
"De puro amor voce tentou amenizar aquela emoção, apanhando uma pedra do chão"... Sempre te amarei Djavan !!!
Poló Bracher
Caraca! Que música maravilhosa!
Harpia Arrombadora
Obra prima
Christian Chacana
saludos desde chile....excelente djavan...lo ire a ver a su concierto..
André Luiz
Mestre dos Mestres
Rita Santos
Esse álbum matizes do Djavan só tem músicas inéditas amei.