Daughter of musicians Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris, and sibling of Danil… Read Full Bio ↴Daughter of musicians Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris, and sibling of Danilo and Dori Caymmi, Nana was raised in one of the most musical families in Brazil. Nana started singing at an early age and adopted a singular technique which enhanced her low pitch voice. In 1961 she recorded her father's song "Acalanto", and then moved with her husband to Venezuela, an withdrawing from the music bizz for that period. Back in Brazil, Nana released her first album "Nana", for the record label Elenco, which belonged to the music producer Aloysio de Oliveira. In 1966, Nana performed the song "Saveiros" (Dori Caymmi/ Nelson Motta) at the First International Song Festival and was placed first. She has also worked abroad with Sarah Vaughan and Sergio Mendes.

Modinha
Nana Caymmi Lyrics

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Não
Não pode mais meu coração
Viver assim dilacerado
Escravizado a uma ilusão
Que é só desilusão

Ah, não seja a vida sempre assim
Como um luar desesperado

A derramar melancolia em mim
Poesia em mim

Vai, triste canção, sai do meu peito
E semeia a emoção
Que chora dentro do meu coração

Ah, não seja a vida sempre assim
Como um luar desesperado
A derramar melancolia em mim
Poesia em mim

Vai, triste canção, sai do meu peito

E semeia a emoção
Que chora dentro do meu coração, coração

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Nana Caymmi's song "Modinha" express the longing for freedom from a heart that is torn apart and enslaved by a disillusioned illusion. The singer pleads for life not to always be like a desperate moon, pouring melancholy and poetry into their being. They implore a sad song to leave their chest and sow the emotion that cries within their heart.

The lyrics capture the pain of being trapped in an illusory world that only brings disappointment and heartache. The singer desires to break free from this cycle of despair and find a sense of emotional liberation. The metaphor of the moon adds to the melancholic atmosphere, emphasizing the overwhelming sadness that penetrates the singer's existence.

Line by Line Meaning

Não
No

Não pode mais meu coração
My heart can no longer

Viver assim dilacerado
Live torn apart like this

Escravizado a uma ilusão
Enslaved by an illusion

Que é só desilusão
That is only disappointment

Ah, não seja a vida sempre assim
Oh, may life not always be like this

Como um luar desesperado
Like a desperate moonlight

A derramar melancolia em mim
Pouring melancholy over me

Poesia em mim
Poetry in me

Vai, triste canção, sai do meu peito
Go, sad song, leave my chest

E semeia a emoção
And sow the emotion

Que chora dentro do meu coração
That cries inside my heart

Ah, não seja a vida sempre assim
Oh, may life not always be like this

Como um luar desesperado
Like a desperate moonlight

A derramar melancolia em mim
Pouring melancholy over me

Poesia em mim
Poetry in me

Vai, triste canção, sai do meu peito
Go, sad song, leave my chest

E semeia a emoção
And sow the emotion

Que chora dentro do meu coração, coração
That cries inside my heart, heart

Lyrics © VM ENTERPRISES INC, Editora e Importadora Musical Fermata do Brasil Ltda., CORCOVADO MUSIC CORPORATION, Tratore
Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes

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