In memory of Vinicius de Moraes (October 19, 1913 – July 9, 1980)

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“Parece que tudo já foi dito sobre Vinicius. Agora só vale a pena dizer da saúdade que ele deixou”.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade



 

Sítio das Hortas, Alcochete, 2013

 

 

 

“Nature Boy”

(Éden / Ahbez)

 

There was a boy…

A very strange enchanted boy

They say he wandered very far, very far

Over land and sea

Of little size and sad of eyes

But very wise was he

And then one day

A magic day, he passed my way

And while we spoke of many things

Fools and kings

This he said to me

“The sweetest thing you’ll ever learn

Is just to love and be loved in return”

 

Era um rapaz

Estranho e encantador rapaz

Ouvi que andara a viajar, viajar

Toda terra e o mar

Menino só

E tímido

Mas sábio demais

Eis que uma vez

Num dia mágico o encontrei

E ao conversarmos lhe falei

Sobre os reis, sobre as leis e a dor

E ele ensinou

Nada é maior

Que dar amor

E receber de volta

Amor

 

 

 

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Taking it Easy in Portomarín, Galicia (August 2013)

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Luís (Sara and Mário, with Buck, in the back)

 

 

 

 

 

 



The motivation for driving all the way up to northern Spain – in addition to escaping from the inevitable gray men – was to meet my son Luís, who came from Germany to do a part of the French Camino de Santiago.

He was travelling together with his girlfriend, her father – a good companion of mine from the days of Heidelberg −, her sister and boyfriend and his mother. They made up a small group of nice people, all tired and hungry after being on foot all day.

We didn’t have time to take pleasure in their company for long − just had dinner together for two days − as they needed to go to bed early, for the walking day ahead was always a long and exhausting one.

At the end of the second day, I still managed to drink a cool Galician beer with my kids – only Jorge was missing − and Helena in Portomarín. After dinner it was again time to kiss and wave farewell.

Life mixes up joy and pain…

The pain vanishes, the joy remains!

 

 

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