Saudade
Os 4 mensageiros Lyrics

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A saudade é companheira
De quem vive tão sozinho
É o coração que chora
Sem amor e sem carinho

Como dói uma saudade
Machucando o coração
é aí que a gente sente

O valor de uma paixão

Bate coração apaixonado
Desesperado, esperando o seu amor

Suspira coração apaixonado
Sentindo falta do seu beijo e seu calor

Overall Meaning

The song "Saudade" by Os 4 Mensageiros talks about the feeling of longing and nostalgia, which is a constant companion to those who live alone. The lyrics describe the heart’s pain, crying out for love and affection. The song portrays the intensity of the emptiness one experiences in the absence of love. It communicates through a simple language that the real value of love is felt when one feels the absence of it. When we long for someone we deeply love, that is when we understand the true worth of a passion.

The chorus of the song talks directly to the heart, which beats in its rhythm of desperation, waiting for the love to come back. It expresses the sentiment of a passionate heart, which is yearning for someone’s embrace and warmth. The lyrics indicate that the heart is crying out, with its palpitation and sighs, for the love to come back to fill the emptiness felt in its absence.

Line by Line Meaning

A saudade é companheira
Saudade is a constant companion for those who live alone.

De quem vive tão sozinho
Especially for those who live lonely lives.

É o coração que chora
It's the heart that sheds tears.

Sem amor e sem carinho
Without love, without affection.

Como dói uma saudade
Saudade can hurt so much.

Machucando o coração
It can wound the heart.

é aí que a gente sente
That's when we understand.

O valor de uma paixão
The true value of love and passion.

Bate coração apaixonado
A beating heart, full of passion.

Desesperado, esperando o seu amor
Desperate, waiting for the love of their life.

Suspira coração apaixonado
With a heart full of longing.