Zeca Pagodinho (b. February 4, 1959, birth name Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho)… Read Full Bio ↴Zeca Pagodinho (b. February 4, 1959, birth name Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho) is a Brazilian singer and composer working in the genres of samba and pagode.

Born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de Janeiro, Zeca Pagodinho grew up around the most traditional types of samba and started making his own verses while still a kid. In the '70s, Zeca started frequenting the Carnival Block of Cacique de Ramos, which took place in Rio de Janeiro every Wednesday and became a true pagode venu (pagode is a type of samba). At one of these jams, samba singer Beth Carvalho was impressed with Zeca's skills and invited him to record the song "Camarão Que Dorme a Onda Leva". From that point on, Zeca began to record his own albums. There are now 15 of them, and four DVDs. His creative, joyful, malicious songs translate the day-by-day of the typical easygoing carioca (citizen or Rio) and are a big success in Brazil. He's one of the biggest-sellers in the country.

One of Zeca's first hits is SPC and it appeared on his first album. The SPC (it stands for Credit Protection Service) is a blacklist of bad debtors from which it is hard to get one's name removed . The song, a partnership between Arlindo Cruz and Zeca, tells the story of someone who asks a friend (or partner) to use their credit card on his behalf; afterwards, the relationship breaks up. Both of them are poor.

Coração Em Desalinho
Zeca Pagodinho Lyrics

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Numa estrada dessa vida
Eu te conheci oh flor
Vinhas tão desiludida
Mal sucedida
Por um falso amor

Dei afeto
Dei afeto e carinho

Como retribuição
Procuraste um outro ninho
Em desalinho
Ficou o meu coração
Meu peito agora é só paixão
Meu peito agora é só paixão

Tamanha desilusão
Me deste oh flor
Me enganei redondamente
Pensando em te fazer o bem
Eu me apaixonei (vem comigo bonito, geral)
Foi meu mal (abre a boca moçada)

Agora (Solano ó nossa Portela aê)
Uma enorme paixão me devora
Alegria partiu, foi embora
Não sei viver sem teu amor
Sozinho curto a minha dor

Numa estrada dessa vida
Eu te conheci oh flor (é azul e branco)
Vinhas tão desiludida
Mal sucedida (Lá em cima, pessoal)
Por um falso amor

Dei afeto e carinho
Como retribuição
Procuraste um outro ninho
Em desalinho
Ficou o meu coração
Meu peito agora é só paixão
Meu peito agora é só paixão

(Tamanha) tamanha desilusão
Me deste oh flor
Me enganei redondamente
Pensando em te fazer o bem
Eu me apaixonei
Foi meu mal
(Abre a boca moçada)

Agora
Uma enorme paixão me devora
Alegria partiu, foi embora
Não sei viver sem teu amor
Sozinho curto a minha dor

Sozinho curto a minha dor
Sozinho curto a minha dor

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Zeca Pagodinho's song "Coração Em Desalinho" speak of a love that ended in disappointment and heartache. The singer meets a woman on the road of life, who is disillusioned and unsuccessful in love because of a false lover. He gives her affection and kindness, but she ultimately seeks comfort in someone else, leaving the singer with a broken heart. He admits that he fell in love with her, thinking that he was doing the right thing, but it was his undoing. Now consumed by a huge passion, he is unable to find joy without her and struggles to live with his pain alone.

The song portrays the universal theme of unrequited love and the deep pain that comes with it. The lyrics are raw and honest, revealing the vulnerability and hurt that the singer feels. The use of nature imagery, such as the "flor" (flower) and "estrada dessa vida" (road of life), adds a poetic quality to the lyrics, while the repetition of "meu peito agora é só paixão" (my chest now is just passion) emphasizes the all-consuming nature of the singer's feelings.

Line by Line Meaning

Numa estrada dessa vida
In this journey of life

Eu te conheci oh flor
I met you, oh flower

Vinhas tão desiludida
You were so disillusioned

Mal sucedida
Unsuccessful

Por um falso amor
Because of a false love

Dei afeto
I gave affection

Dei afeto e carinho
I gave affection and tenderness

Como retribuição
As a return

Procuraste um outro ninho
You searched for another nest

Em desalinho
In disarray

Ficou o meu coração
My heart remained

Meu peito agora é só paixão
My chest is now full of passion

Tamanha desilusão
Such disillusionment

Me deste oh flor
You gave me, oh flower

Me enganei redondamente
I was completely deceived

Pensando em te fazer o bem
Thinking of doing good for you

Eu me apaixonei
I fell in love

Foi meu mal
It was my mistake

Agora
Now

Uma enorme paixão me devora
A huge passion devours me

Alegria partiu, foi embora
Joy left, went away

Não sei viver sem teu amor
I don't know how to live without your love

Sozinho curto a minha dor
Alone, I suffer my pain

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Hildmar Diniz, Alcino Correia Ferreira

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