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.
Visagem
Fagner Lyrics
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Parece um fruto maduro
No lado mais escuro
Dessa cidade deserta
Você
É a flor que admiro
O ar que eu respiro
Rasga o céu
Meu cavalo corta vento
Ligeiro como o pensamento
Não saia fora da trilha
Do alto da maravilha
Você
Disse a prece do futuro
Na voz que todo mundo
Sonhou na letra certa
Porque, aquilo que procuro
Teu grito claro e escuro
Só agora me desperta
Rasga o céu
Meu cavalo corta vento
Ligeiro como o pensamento
Não saia fora da trilha
Do alto da maravilha
Porque, aquilo que procuro
Teu grito claro e escuro
Só agora me desperta
Rasga o céu ...
In Fagner's song Visagem, the lyrics describe a person the singer admires and sees as a mature fruit on the darker side of a deserted city. The person is like a flower the singer admires and is the air they breathe. They light up like an open door. In the second verse, the person speaks the prayer of the future, which everyone dreamt of in the right lyrics. The singer realizes that the person's clear and dark scream is what he was looking for, and it finally awakens him. The song ends with the singer's horse tearing through the sky like lightning, warning us to stay on the trail of wonder, capturing a moment of hope and possibility that comes from being open and receptive to that one person who can awaken us and ignite our creative spark.
The lyrics of Visagem are poetic and abstract, leaving room for many interpretations. The song is a mix of Brazilian and Northeastern music styles, blending Fagner's distinct vocals with dreamy instrumentals. Visagem is an ode to hope and possibility when all seemed lost. The song depicts the power of a person who awakens creativity and passion within us. It is also an exploration of the complex and often contradictory nature of love.
Line by Line Meaning
Você
Parece um fruto maduro
No lado mais escuro
Dessa cidade deserta
You seem like a ripe fruit on the darkest side of this deserted city.
Você
É a flor que admiro
O ar que eu respiro
A luz da porta aberta
You are the flower I admire, the air I breathe, and the light from the open door.
Rasga o céu
Meu cavalo corta vento
Ligeiro como o pensamento
Não saia fora da trilha
Do alto da maravilha
Tear the sky apart, my horse cuts through the wind swiftly like thought. Don't stray from the path, from the top of the wonderland.
Você
Disse a prece do futuro
Na voz que todo mundo
Sonhou na letra certa
You spoke the prayer of the future in a voice that everyone dreamed of in the right words.
Porque, aquilo que procuro
Teu grito claro e escuro
Só agora me desperta
Because what I seek, your clear and dark scream, only wakes me up now.
Rasga o céu
Meu cavalo corta vento
Ligeiro como o pensamento
Não saia fora da trilha
Do alto da maravilha
Tear the sky apart, my horse cuts through the wind swiftly like thought. Don't stray from the path, from the top of the wonderland.
Porque, aquilo que procuro
Teu grito claro e escuro
Só agora me desperta
Because what I seek, your clear and dark scream, only wakes me up now.
Rasga o céu ...
Tear the sky apart ...
Contributed by Jason O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Sérgio Salles
Aranjo perfeito, César Camargo mariano ,letra linda!
PAULO ROGERIO
Sensacional 👏.
Eugenia Correia
Maravilhoso! ❤❤❤
Sérgio Salles
ESPETACULO DE ARANJO