Mariza Nunes (born December 16, 1973 in Mozambique) is a fado singer and so… Read Full Bio ↴Mariza Nunes (born December 16, 1973 in Mozambique) is a fado singer and songwriter on the World Connection label. She moved to Portugal when she was three, and was raised in one of the most traditional quarters of Lisbon, Mouraria, where she learned how to sing fado. She has a Portuguese father but her mother is from Mozambique (the song Transparente is a tribute to her African grandmother).

For the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 she collaborated with Sting for the duet "A Thousand Years", released on the official pop album of the Athens Olympics Unity, where fado is sung in both English and Portuguese.

Mariza is considered by many as a more contemporary follower of Amalia Rodrigues, and has covered a number of her songs.

In 2003 she became the "Winner in the Europe category" of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

Discography:

Fado em Mim (2002)
Fado Curvo (2003)
Live in London (2005) DVD
Transparente (2005)
Concerto em Lisboa (2006) DVD and CD
Terra (2008)
Fado Tradicional (2010).

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Padoce de Céu Azul
Mariza Lyrics

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Bô é coisa mais linda
Que já m'oiá na céu de Cabo Verde
Padoce de céu azul
Que núvem ninhum consegui escondê

Já m dzêb êl tcheu vez
Ma nunca bô levam a sério
Dêss confusão que vida é

Bô é únic beleza que ta restam

(Crêtcheu, crêtcheu)
Once forever once for all
(Crêtcheu, crêtcheu)
Once forever you're the one

Bô é darling, poesia, riquesa
Amor e compreênção
Padoce de céu de verão
Qu'incompreênsivelmente caím na nha mon

Já m dzêb êl tcheu vez
Ma nunca bô levam a sério
Dêss confusão que vida é
Bô é únic beleza que ta restam

Crêtcheu (crêtcheu)
Once forever once for all
(Crêtcheu, crêtcheu)
Once forever you're the one

Mar, dam bô compreêncão
Quê pa calmam ess nha coração
Bô quê nha mundo
Bô quê nha Deus

Já m dzêb êl tcheu vez
Ma nunca bô levam a sério
Dêss confusão que vida é
Bô é únic beleza que ta restam

Crêtcheu (crêtcheu)
Crêtcheu (crêtcheu)
Once forever
(Crêtcheu, crêtcheu)
Once forever once for all

(Crêtcheu) crêtcheu (crêtcheu)
Once forever you're the one
Crêtcheu, crêtcheu
Once forever once for all
(Crêtcheu) crêtcheu (crêtcheu)

Once forever you're the one
(Crêtcheu) crêtcheu (crêtcheu)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Mariza's song "Padoce de Céu Azul" are a heartfelt tribute to someone the singer deeply admires. The song opens with the line "Bô é coisa mais linda" which translates to "You are the most beautiful thing." Mariza then goes on to describe this person as something she has never seen before, comparing them to the clear blue sky that no cloud can conceal. Despite the chaos and confusion of life, this person remains a source of beauty and inspiration to Mariza, as she repeats the line "Bô é únic beleza que ta restam" meaning "You are the only beauty that remains for me."

Throughout the song, Mariza also sings "Once forever once for all" and "Once forever you're the one" repeatedly. This could be interpreted as her desire for this person to always be a part of her life or her undying admiration for them. The song concludes with Mariza asking the person to understand her and to calm her heart, as they are her world and her god.

Line by Line Meaning

Bô é coisa mais linda
You're the most beautiful thing

Que já m'oiá na céu de Cabo Verde
That I have ever seen in the sky of Cape Verde

Padoce de céu azul
Sweetness of blue sky

Que núvem ninhum consegui escondê
That no cloud can hide

Já m dzêb êl tcheu vez
I have said it many times

Ma nunca bô levam a sério
But you never take me seriously

Dêss confusão que vida é
In this confusion that life is

Bô é únic beleza que ta restam
You are the only beauty that remains

(Crêtcheu, crêtcheu)
(Heartbeat, heartbeat)

Once forever once for all
Once forever, once and for all

Bô é darling, poesia, riquesa
You are darling, poetry, richness