The meaning of the song Que sera, sera can be interpreted as there no longer being a need to worry because the future is determined by fate, i.e., whatever will be will be. Que Sera Sera” is a phrase that has long lingered in the ears of many people, especially the generation familiar with Doris Day’s legendary 1956 song. The song became iconic after appearing in Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Man Who Knew Too Much. The words ‘Que sera, sera’ sound like Spanish or Italian, but they are not actually correct grammar in either language. The phrase was born from creative adaptation, with a simple meaning:
“Whatever will happen, will happen.”
This famed song was written by the songwriters Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and immortalized by Doris Day. The full version of the famed song is as follows:
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty
Will I be rich
Here’s what she said to me
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future’s not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart, what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows
Day after day
Here’s what my sweetheart said
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future’s not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome
Will I be rich
I tell them tenderly
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future’s not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
Que será, será
Que sera sera” has become a proverb in English, meaning “What will be will be”: an expression of cheerful fatalism.
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‘Que sera sera’
It takes me back to those beautiful days when I grew up believing so much in” What will be, will be “..
As I grew what happened …where and when I lost sense of this phrase, and started believing in only my doings?
Thanks for reminding Que sera sera..