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.
Lencinho Querido
Marisa Monte Lyrics
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Que esqueceste ao me abandonar
Manchado assim pelo carmim
Que tirei dos meus lábios
Quando te beijei
Guardei teu lencinho para me lembrar
Do beijo que nele deixamos ficar
Choro ao recordar
Que depois partiste pra não mais voltar
Guardo, o lencinho branco
Que esqueceste ao me abandonar
Manchado assim pelo carmim
Que tirei dos meus lábios
Quando te beijei
Lenço branco, ilusão
Foi aquele louco amor
Tudo agora é solidão
Ele já não volta mais
Meu lenço amigo comigo ficou
Fiel companheiro, não me abandonou
Lencinho querido, que hei de fazer
Se aquele amor eu não posso esquecer
Ah, tarde estava fria
Frio também ficou o meu coração
Ao compreender que ele partia
No branco lencinho chorei sua traição
The song "Lencinho Querido" by Marisa Monte is a heartbreaking ballad about the pain of lost love. The song starts with the singer holding onto a white handkerchief that her lover had left behind when he abandoned her. The handkerchief is stained with the carmine of the lipstick she wore the night they shared a kiss. In these lyrics, the handkerchief represents the memory of the love they once shared, and the stain serves as a reminder of what was lost.
The chorus of the song reveals that the singer is holding onto the handkerchief as a way to remember the love that they once shared. However, the memory evokes feelings of sadness and despair as she realizes that he is never coming back. The final verse reveals the extent of the heartbreak as the singer laments that the love was just an illusion, and now all that's left is loneliness. The white handkerchief has become a symbol of betrayal as the singer feels the weight of her lover's departure.
The song is a powerful depiction of heartbreak and the ways in which we hold onto the memories of the past. The imagery of the handkerchief and the stain of the kiss create a visceral image of the love that was lost. The song serves as a reminder that, even though love can be painful, it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
Line by Line Meaning
Guardo, o lencinho branco
I keep the white handkerchief
Que esqueceste ao me abandonar
That you forgot when you left me
Manchado assim pelo carmim
Stained by the carmine
Que tirei dos meus lábios
That I took from my lips
Quando te beijei
When I kissed you
Guardei teu lencinho para me lembrar
I kept your handkerchief to remind me
Do beijo que nele deixamos ficar
Of the kiss that we left on it
Ao ver os meus lábios
When I see my lips
Choro ao recordar
I cry when I remember
Que depois partiste pra não mais voltar
That you left and never came back
Lenço branco, ilusão
White handkerchief, illusion
Foi aquele louco amor
That was that crazy love
Tudo agora é solidão
Everything now is loneliness
Ele já não volta mais
He's not coming back anymore
Meu lenço amigo comigo ficou
My friend handkerchief stayed with me
Fiel companheiro, não me abandonou
Faithful companion, didn't leave me
Lencinho querido, que hei de fazer
Beloved little handkerchief, what should I do
Se aquele amor eu não posso esquecer
If I can't forget that love
Ah, tarde estava fria
Oh, the afternoon was cold
Frio também ficou o meu coração
My heart also became cold
Ao compreender que ele partia
When I realized that he was leaving
No branco lencinho chorei sua traição
On the white handkerchief, I cried about his betrayal
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: G. Coria Penaloza, J. De Dios Filiberto, Haroldo Barbosa
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