Monday, December 17, 2012

Tribute: Saudade

Tribute to the victims and families in CT.  When I saw the President cry, I cried.  Upon hearing the news, I immediately thought of a young boy I once knew.

Back in the 'Boro from out of town.   Saudade?  It's a Brazilian thing...

Saudade: a unique Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return.  Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone or something that should be there in a particular moment but is missing.

 


 I like this tune... but I really should stop recording pieces the same day I learn them!

1 comment:

democommie said...

"but I really should stop recording pieces the same day I learn them!"

Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm still trying to get the chords to the Kingsmens', "Louie, Louie" down!

Happy holidays, William.