Hispanic Day

Today (October, 12th) is the Hispanic Day.

In Spain and all the Latinamerican world is remembered that day of 1492, in which Cristóbal Colón in command of a tiny ship, the “Santa María”, and two carabelles, the “Niña” and the “Pinta”, arrived in the American land; or more precisely, in the Guanahany island, which he called “la Española”. Besides the fact it was a heroic deed, regarding the courage of the crew, the skill of the commander and the fragility of the ships –they did the voyage almost without guiding instruments-- we can find the gigantic willingness of Spain, of Elisabeth of Castilla, named the Catholic Queen, the authentic driving force of the enterprise and the unique person who believed in Colón's reasons to set off for this uncertain and dangerous adventure.

Colon thought to have arrived to the province of Catay (China), without suspecting at all that a new continent, following the route drawn by the Earth's roundness, unknown at the time, stood in the way to the far East. This continent ended up to be known as America, instead of Columbia as it should have been named.

I pay tribute to this day and the celebration with this wonderful song from Venezuela:



Since the most glorious outcome of this enterprise was that our language, culture and view of human relationships will remain, even though Spain --as we know it today-- might not.

"How sad"

How sad it was to say goodbye, when we adored each other most.
Even the swallows emigrated foreseeing the end ...



Still no words... but I feel like a turmoil of feelings growing inside me, seeking their way.

I had to lose and I have lost to you

Speechless ... after listening (again) this song:

Love of my loves

“Amor de mis amores”

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 vi!

… qué me hiciste que no puedo conformarme
sin poderte contemplar!

si dejaste de quererme no te preocupes que
la gente de eso no se enterará; que gano con decir
que tu amor cambió mi suerte, se burlarán de mí, qué
nadie sepa mi sufrir!


“Love of my loves”

“And thinking that I adored you so tenderly … laid beside you I felt as I never did”

And for those weird things that happen in life, I saw myself without your kisses!

… what you did to me that I cannot go by without gazing you any more!

If you gave up loving me, you wouldn't need to be worried whatsoever because people won't ever realize that; what do I win by saying that your love changed my luck? They will make fun of me: it would be better that no one knows of my suffering!


May God bless Maria Dolores Pradera who sang this song many years ago and listening it again gives peaceful feeling!