Águas de Março - Elis Regina and Tom Jobim - Aguas de Marco - Waters of March

"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 winds that cause flooding in many places around the city. The lyrics and the music have a constant downward progression much like the water torrent from those rains flowing in the gutters, which typically would carry sticks, stones, bits of glass, and almost everything and anything. The orchestration creates the illusion of the constant descending of notes much like Shepard tones.
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[Sektion9]

One of the best songs humans have ever created.

[Rebeca Magalhães]

eles são maravilhosos! me dão orgulho de ser Brasileira! / They are amazing! give me proud to be Brazilian!

[YAU Nadia]

listening it on a balcony, with a cup of tea, nice wind, nice weather, enjoying a moment of calm....that 's the image this song gives me. love it!

[bestman200]

I can't undersatnd a single word ,yet I'm in LOVE with brazillian BOSSANOVA

[TReBoryitNE]

Language of love is music.

[sunnyrosa]

The simple lyrics in this song, mimic the simplicity of life; no matter how sofisticated or complicated humans try to make it, life is just that a collage of small bits and pieces which in the end make up our very existence. It's usually the small things that make the biggest difference in our lives.

[buscadorconocimi]

What are you? E.T.??

[Zeca Raphael]

Me too!!!!

[CLEBINHO CARTMAN]

aqui estou eu brasileiro.a musica e a legitima brasileira.

[Ruvar Laro Vivily]

this is just great, so modest and unpretentious, yet so deep in content.

Just to ordinary people telling a simple story.

Totally unlike todays music.

[jebsievers]

Lovely exchange between people isn't it?

[Are Zanlourensi]

Triste mesmo é ver que a maioria dos comentários estão em inglês. Cadê nosso povo brasileiro? Escutando as músicas das rádios "populares"?