Throughout her career, in which it is clearly traced and expressed a deep respect, understanding and humbleness before Fado, Mísia developed a new style: she stripped the Fado off the shawl of the "amalian" type, and adds to the traditional instruments (bass guitar, classical guitar and Portuguese guitar) the sensuality of the accordion and the violin, and borrows from the best Portuguese poets their finest verses. The piano was often used in fado before, and this she also uses.
Her 2003 album "Canto" may be considered her masterpiece. Mixing pieces of the best works of the Portuguese guitarist Carlos Paredes with poems of Vasco Graça Moura (and some of Sérgio Godinho and Pedro Tamen), Mísia has built a piece of music that she would describe as belonging to her "gallery of impossible things". Mísia is also known for covering other artists' songs in a very "fadoish" way. The classic "As time goes by", and some of the songs of Luis Eduardo Aute ("De Alguna Manera", for instance) are some of the examples.
Mísia is a polyglot. Despite singing mostly fado (which is sung in Portuguese), she sings some of her themes in Spanish, French, Catalan or even English. One of the examples is her last album "Drama Box", a collection of tangos, boleros and fados, sung in Portuguese and Spanish. In "Drama Box", Mísia depicts herself as a cabaret dancer living in the "Drama Box Hotel" with her musicians. It's a very personal album, simultaneously a tribute to her mother and a real description of her life: travelling through the world, taking fado everywhere.
In spite of being famous in Portugal, her music has from the beginning been greatly appreciated in foreign countries: France and Japan for example.
Discography
1991 — Mísia
1993 — Fado
1995 — Tanto menos, tanto mais
1998 — Garras dos Sentidos
1999 — Paixões Diagonais
2001 — Ritual
2003 — Canto (music by Carlos Paredes)
2005 — Drama Box
2009 — Ruas
Lágrima
Mísia Lyrics
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Cheia de penas me deito
E com mais penas
E com mais penas me levanto
No meu peito
Já me ficou no meu peito
Este jeito
O jeito de querer tanto
Desespero
Tenho por meu desespero
Dentro de mim
Dentro de mim o castigo
Eu não te quero
Eu digo que não te quero
E de noite
De noite sonho contigo
Se considero
Que um dia hei-de morrer
No desepero
Que tenho de te nao ver
Estendo o meu xaile
Estendo o meu xaile no chao
Estendo o meu xaile
E deixo-me adormecer
Se eu soubesse
Se eu soubesse que morrendo
Tu me havias
Tu me havias de chorrar
Por uma lágrima
Por uma lágrima tua
Que alegría
Me deixaria matar
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Llena de pena, llena de pena me acuesto y con más pena, con más pena me levanto. En mi pecho ya se quedó este vicio, este vicio de amarte tanto.
Desespero, tanto por ti desespero, dentro de mi, dentro de mi el castigo, no te quiero, y yo digo que no te quiero, y de noche sueño contigo.
Si consideras que un día he de morir, me desespero por no poderte ver, extiendo mi manto, extiendo mi manto en el suelo... y me dejo adormecer.
Si yo supiera, si yo supiera que muriendo, tú, tú me habrías de llorar, por una lágrima, por una lágrima tuya, de alegría me dejaría matar.
Por una lágrima tuya de alegría me dejaría matar...
The lyrics to Mísia's song Lágrima are filled with deep emotions of pain, desperation and love. The first verse talks about the singer being filled with sadness as she goes to bed and wakes up with even more sorrow. She carries the weight of her love for someone in her heart and it has become difficult for her to let go of her feelings. The second verse expresses her desperation for this person, even though she wants to deny her feelings for them. She dreams about them at night, which only adds to the torture. The singer then goes on to say that if she knew that her death would bring this person to tears, she would be happy to die knowing that she brought them joy.
The song's theme of unrequited love is prominent throughout the lyrics, as the singer is unable to express her feelings to the person she loves. The use of repetition in the lyrics, such as "cheia de penas" (full of sorrow) and "desespero" (desperation), emphasizes the intensity of her emotions. The final verse, where she wishes to die knowing that she brought happiness to the person she loves, adds a tragic touch to the song.
Overall, Mísia has beautifully captured the complicated emotions of love and despair in Lágrima, making it a powerful and moving song.
Line by Line Meaning
Llena de pena, llena de pena me acuesto y con más pena, con más pena me levanto.
I go to bed filled with sorrow and wake up with even more sorrow. My heart is burdened by the habit of loving you so much.
Desespero, tanto por ti desespero, dentro de mi, dentro de mi el castigo, no te quiero, y yo digo que no te quiero, y de noche sueño contigo.
I am desperate for you, tortured by my own feelings inside. I say that I don't want you, but at night I dream of you.
Si consideras que un día he de morir, me desespero por no poderte ver, extiendo mi manto, extiendo mi manto en el suelo... y me dejo adormecer.
If I think about the fact that I will one day die, I am consumed with despair at the thought of never being able to see you again. I lay down my shawl and let myself fall asleep.
Si yo supiera, si yo supiera que muriendo, tú, tú me habrías de llorar, por una lágrima, por una lágrima tuya, de alegría me dejaría matar.
If only I knew that when I died, you would shed a tear for me, just one tear of yours would bring me great joy even as I lay dying.
Contributed by Landon W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@sterkespieren
Sheer power of this performance blows me away ! Have just played it 5 times !
@jazzforrum
Brawo Misia !!! Jesteś cudowna, pełna ekspresji. Nie mogę przestać słuchać.Uwielbiam Cię. Pozdrowienia z Polski. Dziękuję Bravo Misia !!! Você é maravilhoso, cheio de expressão. Grande alma cantar. Eu te amo. Saudações do polonês. Obrigado
@mquintem
Su voz es, simplemente hermosa...
@Aldarasaim
SUBLIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Desgárranos os nosos sentidos coa beleza do teu canto ; a túa inigualable voz acompañada do son das guitarras portugueses aunada ao lirismo da súa composición non pode chegar máis alto. Atópaste no alén...Meus parabéns e unha aperta a todo Portugal por achegarnos a arte na súa total dimensión.
@gisemusique
Magnifique. Merci . Gise.
@Bopeliano
Magnifique fado ... Obrigado !
@pazgrossi
Precioso !!!
@madeira63Edgar
Linda voz,brava!!!! Edgar
@misiafado
@Marcosfadista / SIC es un canal de television
@Marcosfadista
¿Qué es "SIC"?