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Fumo de Terça

Cartolan
Artist
Cartolan
Acoustic / Folk3:19April 29, 2026
0:00 3:19

Influenced by Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho, Paulinho da Viola, Ismael Silva. Cartolan was born António Viana in Lisbon, the only son of Brazilian exiles who fled the dictatorship. His father, a carpenter from Mangueira, nicknamed him for the samba legend Cartola and left him his worn-out cavaquinho. To pay the rent, Cartolan still works as a furniture restorer, and at night, he writes songs in Portuguese that treat the old Alfama district like a long-lost corner of Rio. His music is the sound of inherited nostalgia, a tribute to a home he knows only through his parents' records.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Uma da manhã na Praça da Figueira,
O meu carrinho solta o cheiro a inverno inteiro.
E tu chegas, nesse passo de quem mede a rua,
À espera dele, debaixo da mesma lua.

[Chorus]
E essa vossa esperança cansa a minha vista,
Um samba triste que na calçada ninguém pista.
Dois estranhos a partilhar o mesmo frio,
Um nó na veia de um jacarandá vadio.

[Verse 2]
Ele aproxima-se, a mão quase no teu braço,
A frase morre antes de encher o espaço.
Ouvi-o dizer-te, "Amanhã, talvez, a gente tenta",
E o silêncio que ficou, esse, sim, atormenta.

[Bridge]
A minha poeira já viu mil desenhos destes,
Traçados na fuligem que tu não vestes.

[Instrumental Breakdown]

[Chorus]
E essa vossa esperança cansa a minha vista,
Um samba triste que na calçada ninguém pista.
Dois estranhos a partilhar o mesmo frio,
Um nó na veia de um jacarandá vadio.

[Outro]
O fumo acaba. Vocês também.
Até à próxima terça. Amém.

About Cartolan

Cartolan was born António Viana in Lisbon, the only son of Brazilian exiles who fled the dictatorship. His father, a carpenter from Mangueira, nicknamed him for the samba legend Cartola and left him his worn-out cavaquinho. To pay the rent, Cartolan still works as a furniture restorer, and at night, he writes songs in Portuguese that treat the old Alfama district like a long-lost corner of Rio.…

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