Ney de Souza Pereira (born August 1, 1941, in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Su… Read Full Bio ↴Ney de Souza Pereira (born August 1, 1941, in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul), widely known as Ney Matogrosso, is a Brazilian singer.

An uncommon artist with an uncommon sopranino voice, Ney Matogrosso fell in the Brazilian popular music scene like a bomb in the '70s aboard the Secos & Molhados. The end of the group marked the beginning of a fertile and successful solo career in which he began exploring his sensuous and charismatic persona through satiric and ironic repertories. As time passed, he substituted self-contained and deeply sensitive interpretations of classics for the popular and classical Brazilian music. Along with his representative and prolific solo discography, for which he received three platinum and three gold records, Matogrosso recorded in Itália with Astor Piazzola, performed in Argentina, Uruguay, participated in two Montreux Jazz Festivals (Switzerland), and toured Portugal several times. He also performed in Israel and the U.S., but always refused invitations to develop an international career. Matogrosso also worked as an actor in Sonho de Valsa (by Ana Carolina, the director, not the singer/composer) and Caramujo Flor (short subject by Joel Pizzini), and directed shows by RPM, Cazuza, and Simone.

Arriving in Rio de Janeiro in 1966, Matogrosso became a hippie leather artisan and divided his time between Rio, São Paulo, and Brasília, where he was a close friend of singer/composer Luli. Through her he met João Ricardo, who had a vision for a groundbreaking group and was searching for a high-pitched male voice. Invited by Ricardo, Matogrosso moved to São Paulo where he spent one year dedicating himself to exhaustive rehearsals, artisanship, and theater plays. With the explosive success of Secos e Molhados and the group's final dissolution, Matogrosso started his solo career exploring his unusual voice timbre, his mesmerizing scenic persona, and his androgynous visuals, enhanced by innovative and exotic costumes. A second solo album, Água do Céu - Pássaro, was supported by the show Homem de Neanderthal, in 1975, with which Matogrosso opened in Rio de Janeiro, drawing both raves and packed houses. "Barco Negro" and "Homem com H" appeared amongst considerable polemics aroused by the usual conservatives on duty. In that period, he worked with Astor Piazzola in Milan, Italy, where he recorded a double single with the Argentinean composer. A cleaner Matogrosso recorded Bandido in 1976, having his first national hit as a solo artist with "Bandido Corazón," written especially for him by Rita Lee.

O Sol Nascerá
Ney Matogrosso Lyrics

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A sorrir
Eu pretendo levar
A vida
Pois chorando
Eu vi a mocidade
Perdida...(2x)

Fim da tempestade

O sol nascerá
Fim desta saudade
Hei de ter outro alguém
Para amar...

A sorrir
Eu pretendo levar
A vida
Pois chorando
Eu vi a mocidade
Perdida...

A sorrir
Eu pretendo levar
A vida
Pois chorando
Eu vi a mocidade
Perdida...(2x)

Fim da tempestade
O sol nascerá
Fim desta saudade
Hei de ter outro alguém
Para amar...

A sorrir
Eu pretendo levar
A vida
Pois chorando
Eu vi a mocidade
Perdida
Eu vi a mocidade
Perdida

Eu vi a mocidade
Perdida...

Overall Meaning

In Ney Matogrosso's song O Sol Nascerá, the singer expresses a hopeful outlook on life, despite having seen some of his youth lost to tears. He declares that he intends to carry on with a smile on his face, as he waits for a new dawn to come. The line "Fim da tempestade, o sol nascerá" (meaning "End of the storm, the sun will rise") serves as a metaphor for the end of a difficult situation and the start of a new chapter. In the same way, the phrase "Fim desta saudade, hei de ter outro alguém para amar" (meaning "End of this longing, I will have someone else to love") symbolizes the singer's confidence that he will find love again after experiencing heartbreak.

The repetition of the verse "A sorrir eu pretendo levar a vida, pois chorando eu vi a mocidade perdida" (meaning "With a smile, I intend to carry on with life, because crying made me see the lost youth") further emphasizes the idea that the singer chooses to face life with a positive attitude despite the hardships he has endured. The song's message of resilience and hope has made it a classic in Brazilian music, with its jazzy sound and poetic lyrics capturing the essence of the bossa nova genre.

Line by Line Meaning

A sorrir
With a smile

Eu pretendo levar
I intend to carry

A vida
Life

Pois chorando
Because crying

Eu vi a mocidade
I saw youth

Perdida...
Lost...

Fim da tempestade
End of the storm

O sol nascerá
The sun will rise

Fim desta saudade
End of this longing

Hei de ter outro alguém
I will have someone else

Para amar...
To love...