Without doubt my favourite single word in this entire world has to be
Saudade
e eu tenho saudades por tudo, saudades do Brasil...
It is so difficult to translate this word into English. The above says
I feel saudade for someone who never was mine ..
My own personal definition has been
Missing someone even before you have met them, it has happened so often in my life ..
Missing something that never once was yours..
as the Little Poet of Cote Sauvage said :
como posso ter saudade de voce quando voce esta no meu coracao sempre
These are challenging times and all that touches your heart magnifies the feelings in your heart
Yesterday I received this from a friend whom I had met in Sao Paolo in 2004
and had seen three or four times since then
I had a wonderful visit to USP and saw her and her colleagues at the Museum of Ethnology in 2015
https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2015/09/friendship-over-time-and-distance.html
the message said:
It is impossible not to remember this dear friend with a cuban heart and universal soul.
I replied with a simple: Muito Obrigado. thank you very much.
The song is CHAN CHAN
any cuban with a sense of history of music would know the story of this song
written by the legendary Compay Segundo and the opening song in the movie Buena Vista Social Club..
In one of my trips along the road from Holguin to Moa, I passed through the towns mentioned in the song
Sagra Grande. Mayari . Alto Cedro . Cueto.. some of them so small not to be even on a map of the province of Holguin.
Eventhough I never met Compay Segundo, I did become friends with Ibrahim Ferrer before he passed away, I also remember fondly Cachaito. It is still wonderful to see the opening scene in their first concert at Amsterdam I believe, singing Chan Chan..
Here is the video my friend from Brasil sent me: I enjoyed listening to that song.. once again
Muito Obrigado
por se lembrar de mim
Saudade
e eu tenho saudades por tudo, saudades do Brasil...
I feel saudade for someone who never was mine ..
My own personal definition has been
Missing someone even before you have met them, it has happened so often in my life ..
Missing something that never once was yours..
as the Little Poet of Cote Sauvage said :
como posso ter saudade de voce quando voce esta no meu coracao sempre
These are challenging times and all that touches your heart magnifies the feelings in your heart
Yesterday I received this from a friend whom I had met in Sao Paolo in 2004
and had seen three or four times since then
I had a wonderful visit to USP and saw her and her colleagues at the Museum of Ethnology in 2015
https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2015/09/friendship-over-time-and-distance.html
It is impossible not to remember this dear friend with a cuban heart and universal soul.
I replied with a simple: Muito Obrigado. thank you very much.
The song is CHAN CHAN
any cuban with a sense of history of music would know the story of this song
written by the legendary Compay Segundo and the opening song in the movie Buena Vista Social Club..
In one of my trips along the road from Holguin to Moa, I passed through the towns mentioned in the song
Sagra Grande. Mayari . Alto Cedro . Cueto.. some of them so small not to be even on a map of the province of Holguin.
Eventhough I never met Compay Segundo, I did become friends with Ibrahim Ferrer before he passed away, I also remember fondly Cachaito. It is still wonderful to see the opening scene in their first concert at Amsterdam I believe, singing Chan Chan..
Here is the video my friend from Brasil sent me: I enjoyed listening to that song.. once again
Muito Obrigado
por se lembrar de mim
