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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Medley: Tenha Calma / Sem Você
Djavan Lyrics
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Não sei porque
Deixa eu pensar
Pra sei lá, ver
O que fazer
Pra você ficar...
Sem seu amor
Se você for
O que é de vidro quebra
No meu coração
Seu olhar é lindo
Ver você sorrindo
É demais
Por favor não faz.
Me dizer adeus
Vai me botar a perder
Tenha calma
Não se vá meu pop star,
Tenha fé
Te prometo vir a ser
Do jeito que você quer
Um amor de mulher
"Meu amor
Meu amor nunca
Se ausentes de mim
Para que eu viva em paz
Para que eu não sofra mais
Tanta mágoa assim
Num mundo sem você"
The lyrics of Djavan's song Medley: Tenha Calma / Sem Você express the fear of losing a loved one and the desperate attempt to keep that person close. The song's opening lines show the singer's confusion and indecisiveness, as he expresses his uncertainty about why the person he loves wants to leave him. The following lines reveal his desperation to find a way to make the person stay, as he asks himself, "What can I do to make you stay?" The chorus of the song emphasizes the singer's fear of losing the person he loves, as he laments that his life will be meaningless without them. He compares his heart to glass, suggesting that losing the person he loves will shatter it into pieces. The singer's plea to his lover not to leave him is powered by his strong emotional attachment to them. He describes their mere presence as something that brings him joy and light. He begs them not to say goodbye as he would be devastated if they did.
In the latter part of the song, the singer pleads with his lover to stay calm and not leave him. He promises to fulfill their desires and to be the man that they want him to be. The song ends with the singer entreating his lover not to leave him as he does not want to live in a world without them.
Line by Line Meaning
Quer me deixar
You want to leave me
Não sei porque
I don't know why
Deixa eu pensar
Let me think
Pra sei lá, ver
To, I don't know, see
O que fazer
What to do
Pra você ficar...
So you can stay...
Sem seu amor
Without your love
A vida passa em vão
Life goes by in vain
Se você for
If you leave
O que é de vidro quebra
What's made of glass breaks
No meu coração
In my heart
Seu olhar é lindo
Your gaze is beautiful
Ver você sorrindo
Seeing you smile
É demais
Is too much
Por favor não faz.
Please, don't do it.
Me dizer adeus
To say goodbye to me
Vai me botar a perder
Will make me lose it
Tenha calma
Stay calm
Não se vá meu pop star,
Don't go, my pop star,
Tenha fé
Have faith
Te prometo vir a ser
I promise to become
Do jeito que você quer
In the way you want
Um amor de mulher
A woman's love
"Meu amor
"My love
Meu amor nunca
My love, don't ever
Se ausentes de mim
Leave me
Para que eu viva em paz
So that I can live in peace
Para que eu não sofra mais
So that I don't suffer anymore
Tanta mágoa assim
So much sorrow like this
Num mundo sem você"
In a world without you"
Writer(s): Antonio Carlos Jobim
Contributed by Eliana T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@ocariocadefato
A sensibilidade desses gênios, de se colocarem femininos... Djavan, Chico, Caetano...
@vivilosnak
Nossa muito verdade ... Gonzaguinha também tinha esse dom.
@michellimanuela4430
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@fly_music5198
O lado feminino do homem dualidade e vice versa..Deus é dual .. e somos a imagem semelhança do Criador..
@raimundoramos634
Isso se chama ser artista...de verdade. Amo!
@gracykellypassosconceicao7132
Roberto Carlos tbm
@miriamsoares518
Uma musica para respirarmos em meio ao caos! TENHA CALMA!!! Obrigada Djavan ❤
@pepeudebarros6234
de nada
@geissemikaelle
Ousa Phill Veras ❤ vai amar
@arthurmelo2274
Isso sim é cultura Brasileira, é música de qualidade