Widely known as the composer of "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema), one of the most recorded songs of all time, Jobim has left a large number of songs that are today included in the standard Jazz and Pop repertoires.
Insensatez
Jobim Lyrics
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Coração mais sem cuidado
Fez chorar de dor
O seu amor
Um amor tão delicado
Ah, porque você foi fraco assim
Assim tão desalmado
Ah, meu coração que nunca amou
Vai meu coração ouve a razão
Usa só sinceridade
Quem semeia vento, diz a razão
Colhe sempre tempestade
Vai, meu coração pede perdão
Perdão apaixonado
Vai porque quem não
Pede perdão
Não é nunca perdoado
The song "Insensatez" by Antonio Carlos Jobim (also known as "How Insensitive" in English) speaks of a heart that has been hurt and left in pain because of the insensitivity of another. The opening lines, "The foolish things you do / A careless heart / That cries with pain" paint a picture of a person who acted without considering the consequences of their actions, causing deep hurt to someone else. The next verse expresses the bewilderment and frustration of the person who was hurt, wondering why the other person could be so weak and heartless, especially with a love that was so delicate and precious.
The chorus advises the person who was hurt to listen to reason, to be honest and sincere in their dealings, and to ask for forgiveness, because those who sow the wind will always reap the whirlwind. The song ends with a plea for forgiveness, for only those who seek it will find it.
Overall, the song is a poignant and introspective reflection on the pain caused by thoughtless actions and the need for honesty and forgiveness in order to heal.
Line by Line Meaning
A insensatez que você fez
Your thoughtlessness caused
Coração mais sem cuidado
A heart with little care
Fez chorar de dor
Causing tears of pain
O seu amor
Your love
Um amor tão delicado
A love so delicate
Ah, porque você foi fraco assim
Oh, why were you so weak
Assim tão desalmado
So heartless
Ah, meu coração que nunca amou
Oh, my heart that never loved
Não merece ser amado
Does not deserve to be loved
Vai meu coração ouve a razão
Go, my heart, listen to reason
Usa só sinceridade
Use only sincerity
Quem semeia vento, diz a razão
He who sows the wind, says the reason
Colhe sempre tempestade
Always reaps a storm
Vai, meu coração pede perdão
Go, my heart, ask for forgiveness
Perdão apaixonado
Passionate forgiveness
Vai porque quem não
Go, because anyone who does not
Pede perdão
Asks for forgiveness
Não é nunca perdoado
Is never forgiven
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM, VINICIUS DE MORAES
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@UltimateJazzyQuintet
Ah, insensatez que você fez
Coração mais sem cuidado
Fez chorar de dor o seu amor
Um amor tão delicado
Ah, por que você foi fraco assim
Assim tão desalmado
Ah, meu coração, quem nunca amou
Não merece ser amado
Vai, meu coração, ouve a razão
Usa só sinceridade
Quem semeia vento, diz a razão
Colhe sempre tempestade
Vai, meu coração, pede perdão
Perdão apaixonado
Vai, porque quem não pede perdão
Não é nunca perdoado
@shady_kid_
How insensitive
I must have seemed
When he told me that he loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When he told me so sincerely
Why he must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say?
What can you say
When a love affair is over?
Now he's gone away
And I'm alone
With a memory of his last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All the heartbreak in his last look
How he must have asked,
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say?
What can you say
When a love affair is over?
@alletsasil
I heard this song as a kid, not knowing the name of it. Ever since, I would find myself humming this melody every now and then, searching for it, in vain. Thank god I watched Lost Highway and finally heard it again! What a relief!
@espectrograma
Very touching a song.
@laurae271
Musica que siempre vivirá en mis recuerdos de mi infancia..🤗
Gracias por enseñarme a escuchar la buena música Papá, siempre te recordaré en estas canciones tan bellas...😢
@imaginativelads
The most sophisticated and beautiful jazz ever written. I love it for its seeming simplicity and elegance.
@GTR-wx8jq
+imaginativelads
Well Stated :)
@M.E.N.E.M.
It s not jazz
@elyaqui5324
In other words its A Beautiful song
@chriskezen
isn't jazz. is bossa nova, brazilian rhythm, brazilian popular music. Bossa nova is a style, like jazz, but isn't jazz.
@halconair7587
imaginativelads Bossa Nova
@Marymarmol
No cabe duda que Brasil posee uno de los ritmos más bellos del mundo. El Bossa Nova es exquisito; no hay forma de describirlo simplemente se siente su candente ritmo muy brasileño es ¡hermoso!