When she was twelve, her father gave her a guitar since he was worried about her being shy. Popular musician and composer Patricio Teixeira and classical guitarist Solon Ayala were her teachers. While still a teenager, she met a number of singers and composers who took part of Bossa Nova's musical revolution, in late 50s and early 60s, including Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo Bôscoli, João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim.
By 1963, after singing as an amateur for a few years, she became a professional and toured with Sergio Mendes. In the mid-1960s, the institution of military dictatorship in Brazil led her to sing increasingly political lyrics. Her show "Opinião" reflected her political beliefs and she had largely switched to political music by this point. In 1964, she even spoke against bossa nova as a movement, calling it "alienating". In 1968, being part of the Tropicália movement, she appeared on the album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circenses, performing "Lindonéia."
She later left Brazil for Paris and in the 1970s abandoned music to focus on her family. She returned to music later and when she discovered, in 1979, that she had an inoperable brain tumor she increased her productivity as much as possible. She died in 1989, leaving a great legacy behind her succesful years of career.
Com Açúcar Com Afeto
Nara Leão Lyrics
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Fiz seu doce predileto
Pra você parar em casa
Qual o quê
Com seu terno mais bonito
Você sai não acredito
Quando diz que não se atrasa
Você diz que é operário
Sai em busca do salário
Pra poder me sustentar
Qual o quê
No caminho da oficina
Existe um bar em cada esquina
Pra você comemorar
Sei lá o quê
Sei que alguém vai sentar junto
Você vai puxar assunto
Discutindo futebol
E ficar olhando as saias
De quem vive pelas praias
Coloridas pelo sol
Vem a noite e mais um copo
Sei que alegre 'ma non troppo'
Você vai querer cantar
Na caixinha um novo amigo Vai bater um samba antigo
Pra você rememorar
Quando a noite enfim lhe cansa
Você vem feito criança
Pra chorar o meu perdão
Qual o quê
Diz pra eu não ficar sentida
Diz que vai mudar de vida
Pra agradar meu coração
E ao lhe ver assim cansado
Maltrapilho e maltratado
Ainda quis me aborrecer
Qual o quê
Logo vou esquentar seu prato
Dou um beijo em seu retrato
E abro meus braços pra você
The lyrics of Nara Leão's song "Com Açúcar Com Afeto" depict a relationship filled with ups and downs, expressing the bittersweet nature of love. The singer starts by saying that she prepared her partner's favorite dessert with love, hoping that he would stay at home. However, he leaves, wearing his best suit, and she can't believe it when he says he won't be late. The partner is described as a worker who goes out in search of a paycheck to support the singer.
As the song continues, it becomes clear that the partner enjoys socializing and going to bars after work. The singer knows that he will strike up conversations about football and gaze at women passing by on the beach. The night progresses with the partner becoming happier, possibly due to alcohol consumption, leading him to sing along to a samba played by a new friend. When the night tires him, he returns to the singer crying and asking for her forgiveness, promising to change his life to please her.
Through these lyrics, the song captures the complexities and challenges of love, revealing the conflict between the partner's desire for freedom and socializing and the singer's desire for stability and commitment. It illustrates the tension between their individual desires and the compromises they must make for their relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Com açúcar com afeto
With sweetness and affection
Fiz seu doce predileto
I made your favorite dessert
Pra você parar em casa
So you would stay at home
Qual o quê
What do you mean
Com seu terno mais bonito
In your finest suit
Você sai não acredito
You leave, I can't believe it
Quando diz que não se atrasa
When you say you won't be late
Você diz que é operário
You say you're a worker
Sai em busca do salário
You go in search of your salary
Pra poder me sustentar
To be able to support me
No caminho da oficina
On the way to the workshop
Existe um bar em cada esquina
There is a bar on every corner
Pra você comemorar
For you to celebrate
Sei lá o quê
I don't know what
Sei que alguém vai sentar junto
I know someone will sit next to you
Você vai puxar assunto
You will start a conversation
Discutindo futebol
Talking about football
E ficar olhando as saias
And looking at the skirts
De quem vive pelas praias
Of those who live by the beaches
Coloridas pelo sol
Colored by the sun
Vem a noite e mais um copo
Night comes and another drink
Sei que alegre 'ma non troppo'
I know you're happy, but not too much
Você vai querer cantar
You will want to sing
Na caixinha um novo amigo
In the little box, a new friend
Vai bater um samba antigo
Will play an old samba
Pra você rememorar
For you to remember
Quando a noite enfim lhe cansa
When the night finally tires you
Você vem feito criança
You come like a child
Pra chorar o meu perdão
To ask for my forgiveness
Qual o quê
What do you mean
Diz pra eu não ficar sentida
You tell me not to feel hurt
Diz que vai mudar de vida
You say you will change your life
Pra agradar meu coração
To please my heart
E ao lhe ver assim cansado
And seeing you tired like this
Maltrapilho e maltratado
Shabby and mistreated
Ainda quis me aborrecer
I still wanted to annoy me
Qual o quê
What do you mean
Logo vou esquentar seu prato
Soon I will warm up your plate
Dou um beijo em seu retrato
I kiss your picture
E abro meus braços pra você
And open my arms for you
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Written by: Francisco Buarque De Hollanda
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