Insensatez
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Ah, insensatez que você fez
Coração mais sem cuidado
Fez chorar de dor o seu amor
Um amor tão delicado

Ah, porque você foi fraco assim
Assim tão desalmado
Ah, meu coração quem nunca amou
Não merece ser amado

Now, he's gone away
And I'm alone with a memory of his last look
Vague and drawn and sad I see it still
All his heartbreak in his last look

How he must have asked
Could I just turn and stare in icy silence?




What was I to do
What can one do when a love affair is over?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Antonio Carlos Jobim's Insensatez (translated as "How Insensitive") describe the pain and heartbreak that the singer experiences due to the insensitivity of their lover. The singer is deeply hurt by the lover's lack of care and considers their love to be delicate and precious. The singer questions the lover's weakness and lack of compassion, indicating that someone who has never loved does not deserve to be loved in return. The sorrowful tone is intensified by the use of the word "insensatez" which means "insensitivity" or "lack of feeling".


In the second half of the song, the singer reflects on the memory of their lover leaving them. The image of the "last look" on the lover's face is haunting, conveying the overwhelming sadness of the moment. The singer wonders if they should have acted differently, whether they should have turned and stared at the lover or remained silent. Ultimately, however, the singer acknowledges that there is no way to salvage a relationship that has ended and that heartbreak and pain are inevitable.


Overall, the lyrics of Insensatez are a poignant expression of heartbreak and loss caused by the insensitivity and weakness of a lover. The song makes use of simple, yet powerful language that evokes a sense of longing, regret, and sorrow.


Line by Line Meaning

Ah, insensatez que você fez
Oh, the foolishness that you have done


Coração mais sem cuidado
A heart more careless


Fez chorar de dor o seu amor
Made your love weep with pain


Um amor tão delicado
A love so delicate


Ah, porque você foi fraco assim
Oh, why were you weak like this


Assim tão desalmado
So merciless like this


Ah, meu coração quem nunca amou
Oh, my heart, who never loved


Não merece ser amado
Does not deserve to be loved


Now, he's gone away
Now, he has left


And I'm alone with a memory of his last look
And I am alone with the memory of his final gaze


Vague and drawn and sad I see it still
Faint, haggard, and sorrowful, I still see it


All his heartbreak in his last look
All of his heartache in his final gaze


How he must have asked
How he must have implored


Could I just turn and stare in icy silence?
If only I could have looked at him with a cold silence


What was I to do
What could I have done


What can one do when a love affair is over?
What can anyone do when a relationship of love is finished?




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Vinicius De Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Roberto Carlos Braga

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