Waters of March
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Music, Poetry | Tags: 1972, 70s, aguas de marco, antonio carlos jobim, Bossa nova, Brazil, brazilian music, elis regina, Jobim, lyrics, rainy season, Rio, waters of march 1 CommentNamed as the best Brazilian song of all time, Aguas de Março (Waters of March) was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1972. The beautiful lyrics are a stream of consciousness about March, the peak of the rainy season in Rio.
It is a footstep, it is a bridge
It is a frog, it is a frog
It is a rest of bush…
under the morning light
They are the waters of March,
Closing the summer
And the promise of life
in your heart …