It is a common occurrence for excessive rain to cause floods and landslides. It washes away houses and streets, taking everything it clashes with in its current. Though long, the song is minimalistic in its own way, as every observation by the narrator exists in itself, independent of the others.
The lyrics speak of nature, bits and pieces of sticks, stones and stumps that, when brought together, unite to form a whole bigger than the sum of its parts. It is a song about cycles, nature and existence, though it differs from similar songs by stressing the bitter rather than the sweet aspects of life.
The rain Jobim sings about is destructive. His bohemian lifestyle was finally catching up with him. Naturally, his low spirits are reflected in the song. One of his musician friends, Oscar Castro-Neves, once mentioned that Jobim had claimed that his stream-of-consciousness lyrics had served as a kind of therapy, saving him money onpsychoanalysis bills. The greatest feat of his lyrics, however, is that he managed to depictin Portuguese what ancient Asian poets used to do: the absence of time and space.
In a way, it could be read like a haiku in a new shape. There is no narrator in control, the reader is a witness.
All of this, which makes the poetry both universal and individual, happens in the original lyrics. Jobim manages to pull this trick by using the Portuguese with zen-like im precision. In his translation:. Though he did a credible job, I cannot help but feel that something crucial has been lost.
The feel in English is more of a person making a list than writing about the cycle of nature. As with other masterpieces, its simplicity is its power; the short line form of the lyrics allow us to focus on the strength of each phrase and the revel in its message. The story goes that Jobim wrote the song during a visit to his family rancho, in the interior of Rio de Janeiro state amid a steady rainstorm which had turned the roads and landscape to mud.
He had become frustrated with the difficulties the rain was causing for the construction of a new boundary wall along his property line. In fact, the original Portuguese lyrics draw from many common observations of a life in the Brazilian interior. Later, Jobim discovered that his story was equally poignant when translated into English.
But what about the reversal of seasons? Which means: Even while the waters of March bring an end to Summer There is still the promise of life in my heart. The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush, the knot in the wood, the song of the thrush.
The bed of the well, the end of the line, the dismay in the face, it's a loss, it's a find. A spear, a spike, a point, a nail, a drip, a drop, the end of the tale. A truckload of bricks, in the soft morning light, the shot of a gun, in the dead of the night. A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump. The plan of the house, the body in bed, the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud.
A float, a drift, a flight, a wing, ahawk, a quail, the promise of spring. And the riverbanks talks. Of the waters of March. A point, a grain, a bee, a bite, a blink, a buzzard, the sudden stroke of night. A pin, a needle, a sting, a pain, a snail, a riddle, a weep, a stain. A pass in the mountains. A horse, a mule, in the distance the shelves. Rode three shadows of blue. And the riverbank talks of the promise of life in your heart, in your heart a stick, a stone, the end of the load, the rest of the stump, a lonesome road.
Waters Of March song meanings. Add Your Thoughts 5 Comments. General Comment what are the portuguese lyrics? No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment could anyone explain the meaning of this song?? I know there's something beyond the lyrics The song is simply about life and the inevitable ending of it.
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