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.
Mulher
Nara Leão Lyrics
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Que intensa magia
Teu corpo irradia
Que me deixa louco assim
Mulher
Não sei
Teus olhos castanhos
Profundos, estranhos
Mulher
Não sei dizer
Mulher
Só sei que sem alma
Roubaste-me a calma
E a teus pés eu fico a implorar
O teu amor tem um gosto amargo
E eu fico sempre a chorar nesta dor
Por teu amor
Por teu amor
Mulher
In Nara Leão's song "Mulher," the singer expresses his intense fascination and obsession with a woman whose captivating aura and mysterious brown eyes leave him feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed. Despite his inability to fully understand or explain the pull she has on him, he is consumed by his desire for her and is willing to do anything to win her love. However, as the lyrics suggest, the singer's pursuit of this woman has left him feeling emotionally drained and heartbroken, as her love tastes bitter and leaves him in a constant state of sorrow.
Through her lyrics, Nara Leão captures the intense and all-consuming nature of infatuation and unrequited love, and how it can leave individuals feeling completely out of control and vulnerable to the whims of the person they are chasing. The language used in the song is deeply emotive and poetic, with Nara Leão's soft and haunting voice adding to the melancholic mood of the piece. Overall, "Mulher" is a beautifully crafted exploration of the complexities of human desire and the pain that often comes with pursuing something out of our reach.
Line by Line Meaning
Não sei
I don't know
Que intensa magia
What intense magic
Teu corpo irradia
Your body emanates
Que me deixa louco assim
That drives me crazy like this
Mulher
Woman
Não sei
I don't know
Teus olhos castanhos
Your brown eyes
Profundos, estranhos
Deep, strange
Que mistério ocultarão
What mystery they hide
Mulher
Woman
Não sei dizer
I can't say
Mulher
Woman
Só sei que sem alma
I just know that without a soul
Roubaste-me a calma
You stole my calm
E a teus pés eu fico a implorar
And at your feet I beg
O teu amor tem um gosto amargo
Your love has a bitter taste
E eu fico sempre a chorar nesta dor
And I'm always crying in this pain
Por teu amor
For your love
Por teu amor
For your love
Mulher
Woman
Contributed by Ruby N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
adalberto spagnuolo
Cantoras como a Nara não morrem; apenas descansam
João Batista de Mello Ayres Neto
Mulher [Custodio Mesquita e Sady Cabral]
com Nara Leão
Não sei que intensa magia,
Teu corpo irradia
Que me deixa louco assim,
Mulher
Não sei, teus olhos castanhos,
Profundos, estranhos
Que mistério ocultarão, mulher
Não sei dizer
Mulher, só sei que sem alma
Roubaste-me a calma
E aos teus pés eu fico a implorar
O teu amor tem um gosto amargo
E eu fico sempre a chorar nesta dor
Por teu amor, por teu amor, mulher
O teu amor tem um gosto amargo
E eu fico sempre a chorar nesta dor
Por teu amor, por teu amor, mulher
SILVIO SPADA
MARAVILHOSA