I lived in Brazil long ago, and saudade was one of the early additions to my vocabulary- and I was only 13. That’s how deeply the sentiment saturates the culture. Bossa nova is the most saudade-soaked music I know. Lovely writing, thank you!
Here's one of my favourite sad songs. I can't relate to the situation, but I can relate to the feeling of being stuck in a hopeless situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3RAEu0OTcE
Thanks for posting, Kristin. There is something so beautiful about sad songs and the feelings they evoke.
Sprachgeful
What a perfect meta untranslatable word. Adding it to my list. Thanks, Simcha!
I lived in Brazil long ago, and saudade was one of the early additions to my vocabulary- and I was only 13. That’s how deeply the sentiment saturates the culture. Bossa nova is the most saudade-soaked music I know. Lovely writing, thank you!
Thank you for sharing and reading!
Current sad song in rotation:
“My Love Mine All Mine” by Mitski
I love melancholy songs. The 90s were full of them and there’s something about that ache that feels like home.
This was so beautiful <3
At first I read that as sausage, but was not disappointed by the new vocabulary I learned. Adding it to the dictionary!
Bahahaha
Here's another, more current, one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an3AkQL62F8
Here's one of my favourite sad songs. I can't relate to the situation, but I can relate to the feeling of being stuck in a hopeless situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3RAEu0OTcE
Thanks for posting, Kristin. There is something so beautiful about sad songs and the feelings they evoke.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Diana <3
My pleasure, Kristin. I listened to it again as I posted it -- a treat!