Saudade

Painting by Anne-Julie Aubry

You stayed silent and calm,

watching my soft madness

as I licked your serenity,

aligning our planets

to unseen galaxies.

Our geometry had no limit.

(...)

You filled my ears

with wonders.

I saw your eyes

turning into oceans of despair.

It was good to die

in contradiction.

(...)

Your thorns still prick me,

when I remember our sepia moments

and again from where I stand,

my mouth bangs behind

your heavenly solitary gates.

(...)

Happiness always stumbles

and falls dead at my feet.

(...)

There is nothing to feel

anymore.

Karla Bardanza

Saudade is is a unique Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return. It's related to the feelings of longing, yearning.

Saudade has been described as a "...vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist ... a turning towards the past or towards the future." A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing. It may also be translated as a deep longing or yearning for something that does not exist or is unattainable.

Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one's children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. In Portuguese, 'tenho saudades tuas', translates as 'I have saudades of you' meaning 'I miss you', but carries a much stronger tone. In fact, one can have 'saudades' of someone whom one is with, but have some feeling of loss towards the past or the future.

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