Insensatez
Vinícius de Moraes/Tom Jobim Lyrics


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A insensatez que você fez
Coração mais sem cuidado
Fez chorar de dor
O seu amor
Um amor tão delicado
Ah, porque você foi fraco assim
Assim tão desalmado
Ah, meu coração que nunca amou
Não merece ser amado

Vai meu coração ouve a razão
Usa só sinceridade
Quem semeia vento, diz a razão
Colhe sempre tempestade
Vai, meu coração pede perdão
Perdão apaixonado
Vai porque quem não




Pede perdão
Não é nunca perdoado

Overall Meaning

The song A Insensatez, also known as How Insensitive, is a Brazilian bossa nova classic composed by Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim. The lyrics of the song describe the heartbreak caused by a callous lover who, with insensitivity and lack of concern, made the delicate love of the singer cry with pain. The singer asks why the lover was so weak and heartless, and laments that their own heart, which had never loved before, did not deserve to be loved.


The refrain of the song advises the heart to follow reason and use only sincerity, warning that whoever sows wind, reaps the whirlwind. The singer urges their heart to seek forgiveness, for only those who ask for it can be forgiven. The poetic language of the lyrics, combined with the smooth and mellow melody of the bossa nova, creates a sense of melancholy and longing in the listener.


Line by Line Meaning

A insensatez que você fez
The thoughtlessness you displayed


Coração mais sem cuidado
Neglected heart


Fez chorar de dor
Caused tears of pain


O seu amor
Your love


Um amor tão delicado
A love so delicate


Ah, porque você foi fraco assim
Oh, why were you so weak?


Assim tão desalmado
So heedless


Ah, meu coração que nunca amou
Oh, my heart that has never loved


Não merece ser amado
Does not deserve to be loved


Vai meu coração ouve a razão
Go on, my heart, listen to reason


Usa só sinceridade
Use only sincerity


Quem semeia vento, diz a razão
One who sows the wind, says reason


Colhe sempre tempestade
Always reaps a storm


Vai, meu coração pede perdão
Go on, my heart, ask for forgiveness


Perdão apaixonado
A passionate forgiveness


Vai porque quem não pede perdão
Go on because those who don't ask for forgiveness


Não é nunca perdoado
Are never forgiven




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM, VINICIUS DE MORAES

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