Noel Rosa was born in Rio de Janeiro into a middle-class family of the Vila Isabel neighbourhood. An accident with a forceps at his birth caused the disfigured chin that would haunt him all his short life. He learned to play the bandolim while still a teenager, and soon moved on to the guitar. Although Noel started medicine studies, he gave most of his attention to music and would spend whole nights in bars drinking and playing with other samba musicians. Together with Braguinha and Almirante he formed the musical group "Bando de Tangarás". Soon he started composing sambas, and had his breakthrough with "Com que roupa?", one of the biggest hits of 1931 and the first in a string of memorable compositions.
In the early 1930s Noel Rosa started to show signs of a tuberculosis. He would occasionally leave for treatment on mountain resorts, but always ended up coming back to Rio and the nightlife. In 1934 he married Lindaura Martins, a seventeen-year old neighbour, but that didn't keep him from having affairs with other women. Noel was a heavy smoker, and most of his photographs show him with a cigarette hanging from his lower lip. By the later 1930s his health had seriously deteriorated, and he died in 1937 at the age of 26.
Prá que mentir
Noel Rosa Lyrics
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se tu ainda não tens
esse dom de saber iludir?
Pra quê? Pra que mentir
se não há necessidade de me trair?
Pra que mentir
se tu ainda não tens a malícia de toda mulher?
Pra que mentir se eu sei que gostas de outro que te
Pra que mentir tanto assim se tu sabes que eu sei que
tu não gostas de mim?
Tu sabes que eu te quero
apesar de ser traído
pelo teu ódio sincero ou por teu amor fingido
Pra que mentir
se tu ainda não tens a malícia de toda mulher?
Pra que mentir se eu sei que gostas de outro que te
diz que não te quer?
In Noël Rosa's song "Prá que mentir", he questions why someone would lie to him if they aren't skilled at deceiving others. He questions why they would feel the need to deceive him when there is no need to betray him. He notes that perhaps the person doesn't have the cunning of most women, and therefore their attempts at deceit are unsuccessful. He even knows that the person he is speaking to likes someone else who claims not to want them.
He continues to ask why they are lying so much, when they know he knows the truth. Despite being betrayed by their sincere hatred or fake love, he still loves them. He ends the song by repeating his first question about why they need to lie if they lack the ability to deceive.
This song can be interpreted in many ways, but it seems to highlight the futility of lying when the truth is already known. It also speaks to the power dynamics in relationships, where one person may have more control over the other's emotions. The lyrics also touch on the irrationality of love and the way that it can make someone forgive even when they have been hurt.
Line by Line Meaning
Pra que mentir
Why should you lie
se tu ainda não tens
If you don't yet have
esse dom de saber iludir?
The skill to deceive?
Pra quê? Pra que mentir
Why? Why lie
se não há necessidade de me trair?
If there's no need to betray me?
Pra que mentir
Why should you lie
se tu ainda não tens a malícia de toda mulher?
If you don't have the cunning of every woman?
Pra que mentir se eu sei que gostas de outro que te
Why should you lie if I know that you like someone else who
diz que não te quer?
Says he doesn't want you?
Pra que mentir tanto assim se tu sabes que eu sei que
Why lie so much if you know that I know that
tu não gostas de mim?
You don't like me?
Tu sabes que eu te quero
You know that I want you
apesar de ser traído
Despite being betrayed
pelo teu ódio sincero ou por teu amor fingido
By either your sincere hatred or fake love
Contributed by Alexandra K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@pedrofilho6759
Tombado
Já está tombado,
È patrimônio público!
Foi muito amado,
Pelo seu povo.
Agora fica registrado,
Por sua maior arte.
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De role na Cumbica,
Batuquei na delicia!
Colei na vila Rica,
Repiquei o ostentando.
Parei no Itapegica,
Solei nas feiras.
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@arcirio1
O maior compositor desse país. Gênio maior de nossa música popular.
@gabrielapessoa5442
Nao existe mais samba de raiz como esses , belissima letra VIVA ao mestre do Samba NOel Ros.
@jaokowski
Vinte e poucos anos tinha o Noel com um conhecimento da alma humana que pessoas de 100 não tem!!!
@alessandrofranco3709
' apesar de ser traido pelo teu odio sincero, ou por seu amor fingido"!!! NOEL DE MEDEIROS ROSA!!!., GENIO!!! ACIMA DO SEU TEMPO!!!
@valdilaniasantos4051
Ouvi noel . espiritualmente min transporto a época dele uma viagem muito boa
@kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk130
Comigo é assim também..não consigo explicar...
@fabrizziosaldanha8237
Isso é samba da melhor qualidade!!!
@IBISCO2
O filme é lindo...as músicas são pura emoção...
@katiaclaro5149
Que filme é esse?
@vabs555
"Tu sabes que eu te quero
Apesar de ser traído
Pelo teu ódio sincero ou por teu amor fingido"