Madalena do Jucu
Simone Lyrics


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Madalena, Madalena
Você é meu bem-querer
Eu vou falar pra todo mundo
Vou falar pra todo mundo
Que eu só quero é você
Eu vou falar pra todo mundo
Vou falar pra todo mundo
Que eu só quero é você

Minha mãe não quer que eu vá
Na casa do meu amor
Eu vou perguntar a ela
Eu vou perguntar a ela
Se ela nunca namorou

Madalena...

O meu pai não quer que eu case
Mas me quer namorador
Eu vou perguntar a ele
Eu vou perguntar a ele
Porque ele se casou

Madalena...

Eu fui lá pra Vila Velha
Direto do Grajaú
Só pra ver a Madalena

E ouvir tambor de Congo
Lá na Barra do Jucu

Overall Meaning

The song "Madalena Do Jucú" by Simone is a love song that begins with the singer professing her love for Madalena. She sings that Madalena is her beloved and she will tell the world that all she wants is Madalena. However, the singer is faced with obstacles to their love as her mother does not want her to go to her lover's house, and her father wants her to remain a bachelor despite being a lover. The singer questions her parents' decisions by asking her mother if she has ever been in love before and questioning her father about his decision to get married despite being a lover himself. The singer continues to express her love for Madalena despite societal pressures which emphasizes the strength and purity of her love for Madalena.


Line by Line Meaning

Madalena, Madalena
The singer is addressing Madalena, repeating her name to show affection and familiarity


Você é meu bem-querer
The singer tells Madalena that she is his beloved


Eu vou falar pra todo mundo
The singer wants to declare his love for Madalena to the world


Que eu só quero é você
The artist declares that his sole desire is Madalena


Minha mãe não quer que eu vá
The artist's mother doesn't want him to go to his lover's house


Na casa do meu amor
The singer refers to Madalena's house as 'casa do meu amor'


Eu vou perguntar a ela
The singer intends to ask his mother why he shouldn't go to Madalena's house


Se ela nunca namorou
The artist is questioning his mother's authority on love and relationships, implying that she never had a boyfriend in her life


O meu pai não quer que eu case
The artist's father is against his marriage to Madalena


Mas me quer namorador
Even though the artist's father doesn't want him to marry, he still wants him to have a girlfriend


Eu vou perguntar a ele
The singer is planning to ask his father why he is against marriage


Porque ele se casou
The artist wants to know why his father got married if he doesn't believe in marriage


Eu fui lá pra Vila Velha
The singer went to Vila Velha to see Madalena


Direto do Grajaú
The singer came from Grajaú to see Madalena


Só pra ver a Madalena
The singer's sole purpose for going to Vila Velha was to see Madalena


E ouvir tambor de Congo
The artist hears the sound of the Congo drum, which is synonymous with Afro-Brazilian culture, particularly Kimbanda and Umbanda religions


Lá na Barra do Jucu
The Congo drum is being played on the beach in Barra do Jucu, located near Vila Velha




Writer(s): Martinho Da Vila

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