Joyce Silveira Moreno (born January 31, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), be… Read Full Bio ↴Joyce Silveira Moreno (born January 31, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), best known as Joyce or Joyce Moreno, is a Brazilian singer, composer, acoustic guitarist, arranger and producer. Her trademark was, since the beginning of her career, the feminine language in the first person, in which she was a pioneer: she was the first female Brazilian composer to express herself this way in the history of MPB, paving the way for countless other female composers who would follow.

Joyce has in her baggage an extensive discography and about 400 recordings of her songs by some of the biggest names in Brazilian popular music, such as Gal Costa, Maria Bethânia, Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Ney Matogrosso, Edu Lobo, Emílio Santiago, Boca Livre, Mônica Salmaso, Leny Andrade, Nana Caymmi, Zizi Possi, Elizeth Cardoso, Simone and many others. Internationally, she has been recorded by big names like Annie Lennox, Wallace Roney, Omara Portuondo, Black Eyed Peas, David Sanchez, Jon Lucien, Claus Ogerman, Gerry Mulligan, Till Brönner, Flora Purim and others. Her compositions have been used in soundtracks for films (such as Robert Altman's "The Player" and "Legally Blonde"), animations (she participated in the soundtrack of the Japanese anime "Wolf's Rain" in partnership with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno), TV shows and theater performances.

She received 4 Latin Grammy nominations and has so far 34 individual CDs and 2 DVDs, besides compilations and participations. Currently, her work also follows an international path, with world tours every year and recordings of new albums in different countries, without ever losing her Brazilian-feminine identity. She performs annually on the Blue Note circuit in Japan, and in jazz festivals and tours in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Chega de saudade
Joyce Lyrics

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Vai minha tristeza,
E diz a ela que sem ela não pode ser,
Diz-lhe, numa prece
Que ela regresse, porque eu não posso Mais sofrer.
Chega, de saudade
A realidade, É que sem ela não há paz,
Não há beleza
É só tristeza e a melancolia

Que não sai de mim, não sai de mim, não sai
Mas se ela voltar, se ela voltar
Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar
Do que os beijinhos que eu darei
Na sua boca,
Dentro dos meus braços
Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços
Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim
Abraços e beijinhos, e carinhos sem ter fim

Que é pra acabar com esse negócio de você viver sem mim.
Não quero mais esse negócio de você longe de mim...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Joyce’s song “Chega de Saudade” express the intense longing for a loved one who has left. The singer is experiencing profound sadness, and she urges her sadness to go and inform her lover that she cannot continue living without her. She tells her sadness to implore her lover to return, as she cannot bear the pain any longer. The chorus of the song serves as a plea for the return of the loved one, stating that the reality is that without her, there is no peace, no beauty, only sadness and melancholy that do not go away.

However, if her lover does return, the singer declares that it will be a beautiful, crazy thing. She promises to give her lover countless kisses and embraces, tightly holding onto her and never letting her go. These final verses of the song are an expression of the singer’s immense love for her partner, the depth of which she has been unable to express while separated from her.

Line by Line Meaning

Vai minha tristeza,
My sadness goes,

E diz a ela que sem ela não pode ser,
And tells her that it can't be without her,

Diz-lhe, numa prece
Prays to her,

Que ela regresse, porque eu não posso Mais sofrer.
To come back, because I can't suffer anymore.

Chega, de saudade
Enough of longing,

A realidade, É que sem ela não há paz,
The reality is that without her, there's no peace,

Não há beleza
There's no beauty,

É só tristeza e a melancolia
Only sadness and melancholy,

Que não sai de mim, não sai de mim, não sai
That doesn't leave me, doesn't leave me, doesn't leave.

Mas se ela voltar, se ela voltar
But if she comes back, if she comes back,

Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
What a beautiful thing, what a crazy thing,