MARCO RODRIGUES was born at the north of Portugal – Amarante. During his ch… Read Full Bio ↴MARCO RODRIGUES was born at the north of Portugal – Amarante. During his childhood and teen years he played as lead vocal in a band performing several musical styles.

In 1997 participated at the “Grande Noite do Fado” (the main fado contest festival for Fado), in Oporto, as a junior, and achieved the 2nd place. That same year is the representative of Portugal at an International Music Festival in Italy. This was the time to move to Lisbon – the Fado capital. It was 1998.

In 1999 he becomes the overall winner of the “Grande Noite do Fado”at the Lisbon Coliseum, a special contest of fado singers organized every year by “ Casa da Imprensa”. Since then he have been invited to play in concert venues and at Café Luso (Bairro Alto), one of the most important Houses of Fado of Lisbon.

In 2004 Marco Rodrigues won the award “Alarga a tua Vida”, sponsored by Alcatel Corporation. Despite his youth, Marco Rodrigues, has already a great experience as a fado singer, obtained from acts in the fado houses and on stage. This success was recognized by Fado lovers and performers, and he was 3 times invited by Mariza to play with her – at Lisbon CCB and Oporto Rivoli, and at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

In October 2006, Marco Rodrigues performed in Paris with the fado singers Carlos do Carmo and Ana Moura. Marco Rodrigues has also performed in Spain, France and Switzerland. Recently he got the 3rd place in the Portuguese Song Contest for Eurovision 2008. A tune from his album "Tu já não és" was included in a soundtrack for the popular TV serie " A outra" ( The other woman). AWARDS: Amália Rodrigues Foundation’s prize for the NEWCOMMER FADO SINGER 2007.

MARCO RODRIGUES IS GRANTED TO BE A FADO STAR IN A SHORT TIME!

Poema desfeito
Marco Rodrigues Lyrics

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Trago na alma o cuidado
De cantar este meu fado
Com verdade e com razão
Canto à vida, canto à sorte
Cais virado contra a morte
Nas rotas do coração

Cada verso é cada sonho

Num poema que componho
Que trago dentro do peito
E canto toda a verdade
Seja tristeza ou saudade
Ou um poema desfeito

A cantar me fiz assim
Num fado que não tem fim
Um sonho que não tem morte
Entrego a voz à esperança

Trago sonhos de criança
No sonho da minha sorte

Overall Meaning

In these lyrics, Marco Rodrigues is expressing the burden of his heart to sing his fado with truth and reason. Fado is a traditional Portuguese music genre that is characterized by its melancholic and soulful tones, and the lyrics of the fado often focus on themes of life, love, and loss. With this in mind, Rodrigues sings about life and fortune, positioned against death in the routes of his heart. Each verse represents a dream in the poem he has fashioned and sings with heartfelt conviction about the truth he carries within him, whether it be sadness or nostalgia, or even brokenness. He sings to deliver a message of hope, one that is embedded in the dreams of his inner child and the promises of his fate.

Line by Line Meaning

Trago na alma o cuidado
I bring with me the care and attention

De cantar este meu fado
To sing my fate

Com verdade e com razão
With truth and reason

Canto à vida, canto à sorte
I sing to life, I sing to luck

Cais virado contra a morte
I turn my back against death

Nas rotas do coração
In the paths of the heart

Cada verso é cada sonho
Each verse is a dream

Num poema que componho
In a poem that I compose

Que trago dentro do peito
That I carry inside my chest

E canto toda a verdade
And sing all the truth

Seja tristeza ou saudade
Whether it's sadness or longing