Méditation
Paula Santoro Lyrics

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Quem acreditou
No amor, no sorriso, na flor
Então sonhou, sonhou
E perdeu a paz
O amor, o sorriso e a flor
Se transformam depressa demais
Quem, no coração
Abrigou a tristeza de ver

Tudo isto se perder

E, na solidão
Procurou um caminho e seguiu
Já descrente de um dia feliz
Quem chorou, chorou
E tanto que seu pranto já secou
Quem depois voltou
Ao amor, ao sorriso e à flor
Então tudo encontrou
Pois a própria dor

Revelou o caminho do amor
E a tristeza acabou

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Paula Santoro’s song “Meditation” reflect on the cyclical nature of life and the transformative power of love. The opening lines ponder those who believe in love, smile, and flowers as they dream and eventually lose their peace. This loss likely stems from the realization that those very same things – love, smiles, and flowers – can transform and disappear quickly.

The chorus emphasizes this further, highlighting those who have harbored sadness in their hearts after seeing everything they believed in fall apart. These individuals may have felt lost and may have searched for a new path to follow, doubting they will ever be happy again. However, the song tells us that those who have cried so much that their tears have dried have found their way back to love, smiles, and flowers. By experiencing the depths of pain and despair, they have discovered a path to happiness.

Line by Line Meaning

Quem acreditou
Those who believed

No amor, no sorriso, na flor
In love, in smiles, in flowers

Então sonhou, sonhou
Then dreamed, dreamed

E perdeu a paz
And lost their peace

O amor, o sorriso e a flor
Love, smiles, and flowers

Se transformam depressa demais
Transform too quickly

Quem, no coração
Those who, in their hearts

Abrigou a tristeza de ver
Harbored the sadness of seeing

Tudo isto se perder
All of this being lost

E, na solidão
And, in solitude

Procurou um caminho e seguiu
Sought a path and followed it