“O Jardim” (“The Garden”) lets a soft, bittersweet light shine on love after loss. Cláudia Pascoal’s fragile vocals, teamed with Isaura’s haunting harmonies, paint the picture of someone tending the flowers of a departed loved one. Every petal is a memory, every drop of water a whispered “I still care.” While the beloved is “in the sky,” the singer stays grounded, promising she never wanted them “less than everything.” The garden becomes a living altar where grief and affection grow side by side.
The chorus — “Agora que não estás, rego eu o teu jardim” (“Now that you’re not here, I water your garden”) — repeats like a gentle mantra, showing how small daily acts can keep love blooming. There’s a vow to become “bigger” and, if fate allows, reunite someday; yet until then, the garden is her way of holding on. The song reminds us that absence doesn’t uproot love. Instead, it invites us to nurture what’s left behind so new beauty can keep rising from the soil of remembrance.