The youngest of the five children of José Fares, Lebanese immigrant to Brazil, and Dona Francisca, Fagner was born in Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará, although his birth was recorded in Orós.
At the age of five years he won a youth competition at a local radio station. As a teen, he formed vocal and instrumental groups and began to compose his own music. In 1968 he won the Festival de Música Popular do Ceará (Popular Music Festival of Ceará) with his song "Nada Sou" (I am Nothing).
In 1971 he moved to the capital Brasília, taking first place in the Festival de Música Popular do Centro de Estudos Universitários de Brasília (Popular Music Festival of the University Studies Center of Brasília) with his piece "Mucuripe" (with collaborator Belchior), which was later recorded by artist Elis Regina, and became Fagner's first notable success as a composer. He won prizes in other categories with additional pieces, as well.
He has had a distinguished career as a performer, singer, songwriter and composer for over 3 decades, and is also known for his collaborations with other MPB artists such as Caetano Veloso, Roberta Miranda, Chico Buarque and others.
Me Diz
Fagner Lyrics
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Oh meu amor
Que pecado foi que eu cometi
Me responde como eu te perdi
Por favor, me diz
Teu amor
Que já foi meu
Diz aonde foi que eu errei
Meu amor, me diz
Se te basta
Ser feliz assim
Eu tento te esquecer
Mas se ainda
Vais pensar em mim
Ouve esse meu querer
Esquecer o que passou
E começar de novo o nosso amor
Me responde como foi que eu te perdi
Meu amor, me diz
Me responde como foi que eu te perdi
Meu amor, me diz
Diz aonde foi que eu errei
Meu amor, me diz
In Fagner’s song “Me Diz”, the lyrics revolve around a person pleading with their former lover to explain what went wrong in their relationship that caused them to break up. Throughout the song, the singer asks their ex-partner what mistake they made to cause them to lose their shared love. They question if their love was real or if they were just fooling themselves. The singer is searching for answers, desperately seeking to understand what caused their love to fall apart.
The song is full of intense emotions, including sadness, regret and a longing for the love that once existed between the two individuals. The lyrics express a deep sense of loss and an intense desire to rekindle their relationship, even offering to forget the past and start anew. However, the song ends with the singer still not knowing how they lost their love and begging their ex-partner to tell them what went wrong.
Overall, “Me Diz” is a heartfelt and emotional song that deals with the pain of lost love and the struggle to understand what led to its demise.
Line by Line Meaning
Diz pra mim
Tell me
Oh meu amor
Oh my love
Que pecado foi que eu cometi
What sin did I commit
Me responde como eu te perdi
Answer me how did I lose you
Por favor, me diz
Please, tell me
Teu amor
Your love
Que já foi meu
That was once mine
E acreditei que fosse pra valer
And I believed it was for real
Diz aonde foi que eu errei
Tell me where I went wrong
Meu amor, me diz
My love, tell me
Se te basta
If it's enough for you
Ser feliz assim
To be happy like this
Eu tento te esquecer
I try to forget you
Mas se ainda
But if you still
Vais pensar em mim
Will think of me
Ouve esse meu querer
Listen to this desire of mine
Esquecer o que passou
Forget what happened
E começar de novo o nosso amor
And start our love all over again
Me responde como foi que eu te perdi
Answer me how did I lose you
Meu amor, me diz
My love, tell me
Diz aonde foi que eu errei
Tell me where I went wrong
Meu amor, me diz
My love, tell me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Fausto Nilo
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