Monday, January 4, 2010

Don’t be afraid to be right

The river running fast, carrying lots of debris,
Bands of crows flying tangents over the water, then diving, swimming solemnly,
Fishermen returning from the nets on their fast boats, they all seem to say :

- Don’t be afraid to be right, even when everybody tries to prove you wrong.

A man with long white beard, peacefully eating his lunch under a tree,
The fado song coming out of his radio, my dog lying tired on the ground,
The people enjoying Sunday sun, the clouds in the sky, they all seem to say :

- Don’t be afraid to be right, even when everybody tries to prove you wrong.




I think this is a good example of fado, to know more please check the Wikipedia entry on it.
"The music is usually linked to the Portuguese word saudade (that has no match in English but it could be understood as nostalgia felt while missing something or someone important), a word describing a sentiment."

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