SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME IN EUROPE WITH NEW LOVERS, AMAZED AT SR CARLOS AND FAMILY OF SR SEBASTIÃO
The Sun was setting in Miami. I had been back just over 24 hours ago. Yesterday I left that city of Light and Love. No city in North America comes anywhere near that quality of life. Buenos Aires might have stood a chance, in other times. I have lived in various countries in Europe, the most recent one being Brussels i
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The Sun was setting in Miami. I had been back just over 24 hours ago. Yesterday I left that city of Light and Love. No city in North America comes anywhere near that quality of life. Buenos Aires might have stood a chance, in other times.
I have lived in various countries in Europe, the most recent one being Brussels in Belgium where I had the chance to meet Sr. Carlos who has become a dear dear friend. Paris, London more than once, studying Medicine and then Anthropology.
On this trip I discovered Santa Cruz de Tenerife, too my heart and longings to La Habana, Cuba..
I am not a great fan of USA based airlines, the service is minimal, haughty and forgettable. But unfortunately, the customer service on the phone and the privileges of being a frequent flier, cushions the defect in on board services. Always think of my favourite airline for service, Qatar Airways when I board as I did an American Airlines flight.
This trip was unusually good .. a bit of local life of Malaga, getting to know Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In both places I met friends I had made elsewhere.. Habana, Buenos Aires..
After that exciting trip and the excellent company of Sr Carlos, I was not looking forward to returning to USA but then I thought of the Native Americans with whom I work, like them, I am also displaced, in this Turtle Island.
This is a nice mixture for Saudade.. a lovely sensation of missing things you never had. with just a little soft sensitive touch, our heart flings itself out .. sings with greatest of joy ..tenho saudade por tudo..
a nice conversation with Tabriz and then a little philosophical counseling of someone in Miami, nice chat with my native friends, I knew that if I put my spotify play list my heart would carry me away.. it did .. Cesaria Evora .. and then came a well loved song, Amores de mis amores , but with a tinge of tango that attracted me .. the Singer was Sandra Luna.
one song leads to another
La Foule
Song by Édith Piaf
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Je revois la ville en fête et en délire Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie Et j’entends dans la musique les cris, les rires Qui éclatent et rebondissent autour de moi
Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent Étourdie, désemparée, je reste là Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule Et la foule vient me jeter entre ses bras
Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne, nous entraîne Écrasés l’un contre l’autre, nous ne formons qu’un seul corps Et le flot sans effort nous pousse, enchaînés l’un et l’autre Et nous laisse tous deux épanouis, enivrés et heureux
Entraînés par la foule qui s’élance et qui danse une folle farandole Nos deux mains restent soudées Et parfois soulevés, nos deux corps enlacés s’envolent Et retombent tous deux épanouis, enivrés et heureux
Et la joie éclaboussée par son sourire Me transperce et rejaillit au fond de moi Mais soudain je pousse un cri parmi les rires Quand la foule vient l’arracher d’entre mes bras
Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne, nous entraîne Nous éloigne l’un de l’autre, je lutte et je me débats Mais le son de ma voix s’étouffe dans les rires des autres Et je crie de douleur, de fureur et de rage et je pleure
Étraînée par la foule qui s’élance et qui danse une folle farandole Je suis emportée au loin Et je crispe mes poings, maudissant la foule qui me vole L’homme qu’elle m’avait donné et que je n’ai jamais retrouvé
La Foule The Crowd was made famous in the continent by Edith Piaf. The song was written and composed by two argentines in the 1930s!
The crowd them gave them the chance to meet but the same crowd separated them..
So these popular songs descend upon me this evening, as I feel elated by my experience in Europe, my fourth visit to Europe since July 2021 and I am sure more to come .. (When Morocco opens up, I will be there!)
Why all this curiosity? why are we put on this earth? Sr Carlos has family in Israel, Sr Sebastião who echoed what Chava Alberstein (Israeli artist) once said:
“Even though I have lived in Israel nearly my entire life, I am constantly questioning my place in the world. Maybe this searching comes from being an artist, maybe it comes from being a Jew. I’m not really sure”
dedicated to friends in Tabriz and Buenos Aires..Ojala I will see you soon, 5 days in Istanbul..
No te asombres si te digo lo que fuiste Un ingrato con mi pobre corazón Porque el fuego de tus lindos ojos negros Alumbraron el camino de otro amor
Y pensar que te adoraba tiernamente Que a tu lado como nunca me sentí Y por esas cosas raras de la vida Sin el beso de tu boca, yo me ví
Amor de mis amores, amor mío, ¿que me hiciste? Que no puedo conformarme sin poderte contemplar Ya que pagaste mal mi cariño tan sincero Lo que conseguirás que no te nombre nunca más Amor de mis amores si dejaste de quererme No hay cuidado que la gente de eso no se enterará ¿Qué gano con decir que un hombre cambió mi suerte? Se burlarán de mí, que nadie sepa mi sufrir
No te asombres si te digo lo que fuiste Un ingrato con mi pobre corazón Porque el fuego de tus lindos ojos negros Alumbraron el camino de otro amor
Y pensar que te adoraba tiernamente Que a tu lado como nunca me sentí Y por esas cosas raras de la vida Sin el beso de tu boca, yo me ví
Amor de mis amores si dejaste de quererme No hay cuidado que la gente de eso no se enterará ¿Qué gano con decir que un hombre cambió mi suerte? Se burlarán de mí, que nadie sepa mi sufrir
Amor de mis amores si dejaste de quererme No hay cuidado que la gente de eso no se enterará ¿Qué gano con decir que un hombre cambió mi suerte?