Chico Buarque (full name: Francisco Buarque de Hollanda; born June 19, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, composer, dramatist and writer. He is best known for his music, which often comments on Brazil's social, economic and cultural reality. Chico came from a both intellectual and privileged family background: his father Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda was a well-known historian and sociologist, and the first name of his lexicographer uncle Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda is as strongly associated with Brazilian Portuguese dictionaries as the name Webster is with American ones. A studious child with a precocious interest in music and writing, Chico was heavily impressed by bossa nova, and specifically, by the work of Joo Gilberto. Chico made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows.
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Chico Buarque
(Chico Buarque, 1978)
Oh, pedao de mim
Oh, metade afastada de mim
Leva o etu olhar
Que a saudade o pior tormento
pior do que o esquecimento
pior do que se entrevar
Oh, pedao de mim
Oh, metade exilada de mim
Leva os teus sinais
Que a saudade di como um barco
Que aos poucos descreve um arco
E evita atracar no cais
Oh, pedao de mim
Oh, metade arrancada de mim
Leva o vulto teu
Que a saudade o revs de um parto
A saudade arrumar o quarto
Do filho que j morreu
Oh, pedao de mim
Oh, metade amputada de mim
Leva o que h de ti
Que a saudade di latejada
assim como uma fisgada
No membro que j perdi
Oh, pedao de mim
Oh, metade adorada de mim
Leva os olhos meus
Que a saudade o pior castigo
E eu no quero levar comigo
A mortalha do amor
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