She has sold over 10 million albums and won numerous national and international awards, including five Latin Grammy Awards, seven Video Music Brasil, nine Multishow Brazilian Music Awards, five APCA and six TIM Music Awards. Marisa is considered by the American magazine Rolling Stone as the fourth greatest Brazilian singer, behind Elis Regina, Gal Costa and Maria Bethânia. She also has two albums on the list of the 100 best albums in Brazilian music.
In October 2021, Marisa was awarded at the 44th edition of the Tenco Award, for her work as a singer and songwriter, becoming the first Brazilian female artist to receive such an honor.
Cinco Minutos
Marisa Monte Lyrics
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Prá esperar 5 minutos só
Você foi embora
sem me atender
Não sabe o que perdeu
Pois você não viu,
você não viu...
Pedi Você
Prá esperar 5 minutos só
você foi embora,
embora, embora
sem me atender...
pois você não viu,
não viu, não viu
como eu fiquei
dizem que foi chorando,
sorrindo, cantando
Os meus amigos,
meus amigos, até disseram
Que foi amando, amando
Pois você não sabe,
você não sabe
E nunca, e nunca,
E nunca, e nunca,
E nunca, e nunca,
Vai saber porque
Pois você não sabe
quanto vale 5 minutos,
The lyrics to Marisa Monte's song Cinco minutos describe a scenario where the singer asks someone to wait for only five minutes, but the person leaves without answering. The singer is disappointed, and they express that the person does not know what they missed out on because they did not stay long enough to see it. The rest of the song talks about how the singer was left feeling after the incident, and how their friends observed them going through different emotions such as crying, smiling, and singing. The friends also suggest that the singer might have been falling in love with the person who left.
The song is about missed connections and the potential opportunities that can be lost when we let impatience or fear take over. The singer regrets not having the chance to show the person what they were missing out on, and the lyrics suggest that this might be a recurring theme in their life. The repetition of the line "pois você não sabe" (because you do not know) emphasizes the idea that we often miss out on things because we do not take the time to wait or explore.
Line by Line Meaning
Pedi você
I asked you
Prá esperar 5 minutos só
To wait just 5 minutes
Você foi embora
You left
sem me atender
Without answering me
Não sabe o que perdeu
You don't know what you lost
Pois você não viu,
Because you didn't see,
você não viu...
You didn't see...
Como eu fiquei
How I felt
dizem que foi chorando,
They say I was crying,
sorrindo, cantando
Smiling, singing
Os meus amigos,
My friends,
meus amigos, até disseram
My friends even said
Que foi amando, amando
That I was loving, loving
pois você não viu,
Because you didn't see,
não viu, não viu
Didn't see, didn't see
Pois você não sabe,
Because you don't know,
você não sabe
You don't know
E nunca, e nunca,
And never, and never,
E nunca, e nunca,
And never, and never,
E nunca, e nunca,
And never, and never,
Vai saber porque
Will you ever know why?
Pois você não sabe
Because you don't know
quanto vale 5 minutos,
How much 5 minutes is worth,
Contributed by Juliana O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.