Águas de Março – Elis Regina and Tom Jobim – Aguas de Marco – Waters of March
Posted on Oct 06, 2011 with Comments 25
FOR STEREO, click here: vimeo.com “Águas de Março” is a Brazilian song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Jobim wrote both the English and Portuguese lyrics. The lyrics do not tell a story, but rather present a series of images that form a collage; nearly every line starts with “É…” (“[It] is…”). In both the Portuguese and English versions of the lyrics, “it” is a stick, a stone, a sliver of glass, a scratch, a cliff, a knot in the wood, a fish, a pin, the end of the road,” and many other things, although some specific references to Brazilian culture (festa da cumeeira, garrafa de cana), flora (peroba do campo) and folklore (Matita Pereira) were intentionally omitted from the English version, perhaps with the goal of providing a more universal perspective. All these details swirling around the central metaphor of “the waters of March” can give the impression of the passing of daily life and its continual, inevitable progression towards death, just as the rains of March mark the end of a Brazilian summer. Both sets of lyrics speak of the water being “the promise of life,” perhaps allowing for other, more life-affirming interpretations, and the English contains the additional phrases “the joy in your heart” and the “promise of spring,” a seasonal reference that would be more relevant to most of the English-speaking world. The inspiration for “Águas de Março” comes from Rio de Janeiro’s rainiest month. March is typically marked by sudden storms with heavy rains and strong …
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@beroth77 “semitons”,putz,vai curtir música hindu então,vc está falando do monterey?Amo o monterey,queria uma máquina do tempo p estar nele,mas o ravi só se tornou oq se tornou por ter aparecido no monterey,senão seria outro grande músico famoso na ´´india,há melhores do q ele na cítara,mesmo a filha dele tem a mesma técnica q ele hoje,mas está sim falando de um estilo antigo,BEM antigo.Sei q não se referiu a mim,mas com chico buarque no passado e trio curupira hj pode me chamar de ufanista sim
@OliviaRomao24
Hi Olivia and everyone! I am from Brasil where those singer are from and NO tehy are not lip-synching they really sing like that and was even better alive.She died years ago but he is still alive and singing beautifully. Elis (her name) she was and is one of the most respectfull and famous singer in Brasil back in the 60s and still is today.
@GabrielDhalaman Acho uma falta de respeito com as outras culturas essa visão ufanista n digo q seja o seu caso .E eu não estou falando de musica oriental antiga o festival que mencionei foi em 1967.Nao sei de algum instrumentist BRASILEIRO COM A HABILIDADE DO rAVI cHANKAR…PORÉM TODA A ESTRUTURA MUSICAL USADA POR ELES N PODE SER USADA POR NÓS POIS HÁ MAIS UMAdivisão entre as notas entre os semitons eles percebem mais uma nota aí muda tudo.N digo q é melhor ou pior mas o mundo é grande amigo
@GabrielDhalaman nÃO,NÃO HÁ CONFUSÃO NEM HABISMO TEMPORAL.Quero que vc entenda que estamos do mesmo lado certo?Eu sou um musico que toco de tudo muuita mpb muito rock …pois cada estilo me ensina uma tecnica difrente o q só faz bem só torna o musico mais completo.Sim o Brasil é fantastico …agora assim como existe bossa nova existe jazz..A musica do nosso nordeste tem influencia arabe sabia?algumas dissonancias bem caracteristicas.Trazidas pelos mascates do oriente medio q se aventuraramaqui.
@beroth77 Filho,vc me manda estudar,começa aí uma discussão sem sentido fazendo uma SALADA histórica enquanto falo aqui sobre essencialmente a poesia e música do século XX vc me pede para saber da música oriental antiga do sri lanka?Aí já são milênios de distância,te pedi para citar um chico buarque mongol do mesmo período,nã um compositor de ragas da Índia de 2000 A.C. ou um poeta do mesmo período(para o tema,leia a AUTOBRIOGRAFIA DE UM IOGUE,de Yogananda,descrições de músicos e poetas lindos)
@GabrielDhalaman Nossa cultura é riquissima…agora se v c me disser um poema sequer da india sri lanka…paises que possuem civilizações extemamente desenvolvidas muito antes do ocidente…vc me escreva.eu tb n sei..mas nao julgo sem conhecer antes.Vá estudar musicas e formas de arte de outras culturas antes de tem muita coisa por aí …por esse mundão afora …adoro augusto dos anjos,mario quintana….elomar ednardo belchior alceu..o tropicalsmo q ta certo…deixa entrar…deixa misturar
@GabrielDhalaman Escrever em ingles pq foi o idioma do país que realmente mais expandiu sua cultura e economia…sem entrar no merito de imperialismo.etc..isso demora mto e ninguem convence ninguem de nada.vc conhece o freddie mercury??ja deve ter ouvido falar né rs.pois é ele era indiano de nascimento criação e etnia…e foi um dos maiores asros da musica mundial.Vc ja viu o show do Ravi Shankar no monterrey festival nos anos 60…antes de de ser ufanista…eu adoro a nossa litertura e musica .
@beroth77
@beroth77 It was pointless,and writing in english to appear for who?I ask you if sri lanka has our rich poetry AND if IMF ,SONY RECORDS or the world bank belongs to sri lanka or mongolia,the world live under a cultural sri lanka´s cultural dictatorship?Britney spears or that bieber boy are from blangadesh?DONT YOU KNOW how unique our poerty,music and literature is,on its own style,to the richness of the world?Go enjoy the mongolian ELIS AND TOM,CHICO BUARQUE,VINICIUS
So,thank you very much.
@GabrielDhalaman Ask a brazillian if he knows the diference between russian lenguage and polish or indian lenguage and music or poetry from sri lanka’s .It’s a matter ofiew the reality you live in…is not always arrogance.Brazillians know as much as americans about countries they have no close relations what do we know about mongolia’sliterature? I’m brazillian by the way and very proud of it…guess you too.Peace!don’t take my words as a fight thing,ofence.. is just my point of view.Peace
@mike47912 You’re right but there’s an exlanation about exactely you ak check it out.!Good thing a 16 yrs old is listening to this.and dont deslike the song because the guy anwered you in a rude way there are some people who take any little thing as an ofence this Jesfeir seems to be one of those.This version is in Brazillian portuguese with lots of peculiar words ad expressions…its almost impossible to translate.Even i (brazillian)dont understand the meaning of some parts of the song
“Bossa Nova” is one of the best thing that Brazil has to show!
WOW I LIKE THIS!!!
I ONLY HAVE LISTENED THE ITALIAN VERSION BY MINA MAZZINI “LA PIOGGIA DI MARZO”… NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL IN PORTUGUESE VERSION
São as aguas de março fechando o verão é a promessa de vida no teu coração ♫
he llorado de tantas emociones que me a causado ver esto tan perfecto tan bonito tan bello tan brillante
It’s PORTUGUESE
@mike47912 portuguese
Just make a search for Waters Of March on youtube. Many artistis sing it
@mike47912 Just make a search for Waters Of March on youtube. Many artistis sing it
@mike47912 Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese to be exact.
@tellinha2004 i would appreciate it if you translate the whole song for me and send it as a private message.thanks!
@mike47912 it is portuguese, i am brazilian if you want any kind of translations just let me know and i might help you.
Aguas… is one of the best songs ever written, and one of the last bossa novas (1973). It is hard to watch, knowing that Elis had a tragic end in 1982 from cocaine at the age of 36. Today, her daughter Maria Rita tours the world in her own right. Jobim was one of the top songwriters of the 20th century and the father of bossa nova along with Vinicius de Moraes; although never a great singer, fans worldwide forgive Jobim that due to the large body of great songs he left us.
@mike47912 Portugese
@jesfeir 1st of all what you said to me was rude.2nd im a 16 yr old guy you don’t expect me to know every single language…3rd im not American..
BTW i only asked that question because im interested to know more about the music world and languages! but people like whom make me say “screw this im outta here”. i got insulted because i didn’t know what language this song was….
one more thing if you didn’t like my question you don’t have to answer this is the internet,freedom of speech!