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joi, ianuarie 18, 2007

Pablo Neruda, Soneto XVII


No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio
o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego:
te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras,
secretamente, entre la sombra y el alma.
Te amo como la planta que no florece y lleva
dentro de sí, escondida, la luz de aquellas flores,
y gracias a tu amor vive oscuro en mi cuerpo
el apretado aroma que ascendió de la tierra.
Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde,
te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo:
así te amo porque no sé amar de otra manera,
sino así de este modo en que no soy ni eres,
tan cerca que tu mano sobre mi pecho es mía,
tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueño.

Não te amo como se fosses rosa de sal, topázio
ou flecha de cravos que propagam o fogo:
te amo como se amam certas coisas obscuras,
secretamente, entre a sombra e a alma.
Te amo como a planta que não floresce e leva
dentro de si, oculta, a luz daquelas flores,
e graças a teu amor, vive oculto em meu corpo
o apertado aroma que ascendeu da terra.
Te amo sem saber como, nem quando, nem onde,
te amo diretamente sem problemas nem orgulho:
assim te amo porque não sei amar de outra maneira,
senão assim, deste modo, em que não sou nem és,
tão perto que tua mão sobre meu peito é minha,
tão perto que se fecham teus olhos com meu sonho.


SONETO XVII/CIEN SONETOS DE AMOR©PABLO NERUDA, 1959 Y FUNDACIÓN PABLO NERUDA ; PHOTO©2007 moonlight

vineri, ianuarie 12, 2007

I'm back

Love... I wonder who was the first person in discovering it or the first poet to put it into words... it is so fragile, yet so strong...

A year and a half ago, when Ric left Romania, he said to me that we will meet again, and that we will be happy. I didn't really believe him. I had hope, of course, what girl doesn't? but inside, I never believed that I would see him again, or that we would still be together at this point.

Now, after spending one month in Brazil with him, I know, I just know that we can make it. Yes, it is difficult. There are more than 10.000 km between us, an ocean, we're in different emispheres... Yes, I'm scared, and I have no idea what things will be like, but now I know that this is something worth saving. I thought that things would be weird, but when I saw him in the airport I felt like we have been appart only for a few days, everything was so natural... Damn, I'm so in love...

I have learned that indeed love is stronger than time, it doesn't count the kilometres, it bends in the wind so it can avoid being broken by difficulties, it is forgiving, and definitely the most beautiful thing that God gave us.

Te amo tanto, patito...

P.S. More about my vacations in Rio de Janeiro in the next days.

I'm back & PHOTO©2007 moonlight

luni, decembrie 11, 2006

¡Hola desde Madrid!

I believe this will be my last entry before 2007. I´m in Madrid, in the airport, and I have 2 hours left before my flight to Rio de Janeiro. So this will be short, cause the internet hour here is 8€ .

I´m happy, as you might imagine. Everything went fine, the flight and Madrid... I love this city, I spent great moments here and remembering all makes me jumpy. Well... I´m jumpy anyways, cause I´m on my way to see the Ric .

So, I guess this is all for now. I guess I´ll see you all next year, so I wish you Happy Holidays with your loved ones... y mucho amor para todos.

¡Hola desde Madrid!©2006 moonlight

joi, noiembrie 30, 2006

Passion

Periodically, I get obsessed with old series. A few months back it was "Ally McBeal", now it's "Buffy". Maybe not the best show ever, but quite funny, plus I totally loooove David Boreanaz, he's damn cute . And here's my favourite quote by Angel (actually Angelus, from the time he was "mean"):


"Sometimes it hurts more then we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead."
Any truth in that? I believe so. At least it is the way I feel, without passion in my life. And this is why I'm constantlly looking for it, though there are people who tell me I shouldn't live that intensely all my emotions. Ric said to me one time that if he lived our relationship the way I do, he would cross the Atlantic swimming to see me... (that's sweet ). Well, niño, nos vemos en menos de dos semanas. ¿Lo puedes creer?

Passion©2006 moonlight / PHOTO by GOOGLE

luni, noiembrie 20, 2006

6 Months Down, 3 Weeks to Go

I haven't been able to update this blog for the past week, as I have been busy handling my mixed feelings and also spent a great weekend in the mountains in a cool teambuilding with the dance school (no photos, though, I had the camera with me, but there were too many people taking pictures, so for once I just wanted to have a good time ).



Soooo... as some of you already know, I've received my invitation for the visa, after 3 weeks of waiting and making everyone hate me (Ric included....) and this morning I went to apply for it, left all the documentation at the embassy and... well, I'll have it tomorrow!!! So, it's official, I'm going to Brasil. In... 3 weeks... Can you believe it? gosh, I'm so freaked out, I have a million things to do now, but all I can think about is the moment I'll get out of that plane with 40 degrees outside and 100 in my heart (that's such a clichée , but you understand me, don't you?).



Honey... I'm coming. Unless you make me mad again and I'll change my mind .



6 months down, 3 weeks to go©2006 moonlight / PHOTO by ... I don´t remember now

marți, noiembrie 07, 2006

It Smells Like X-mas

Now, to share the same spirit one of my dear friends does... Christmas is almost coming!!!!





Who cares there's still a month and a half till then? Christmas is coming! A few days ago, we had the first snow in Bucharest. In other parts of the country, there was more, but in Bucharest it only lasted for a few minutes . That's sad... I hope we will have lots and lots of snow this year (it's the only thing I like about winter...). And I hope we will have snow before my leaving to Brazil. Have I told you that? I'm sure I did.. I'm sure you're quite sick of it... Well, I'm quite excited, but still didn't get the invitation (do I really have to tell you that the post services suck?).





So, 1 month left. Actually, a month and 3 days, but then again, who's counting?! I need a break from work, cause I'm really starting to hate it (counting to 10 now and taking a deep breath.... ok, I'm calm...).





As I said, Christmas is coming, vacations are coming, and I swear I will forget about the last month and move forward, cause some people are just not worth losing your temper for. (1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10... and breathing... Have you seen "Toamna bobocilor"?).



Now, to get you all into the holliday spirit (who cares there's still a month left?), here's some recommendations....



- watch some good cartoons (may I suggest Tom & Jerry? they're always in fashion)





- also check out the classic movies you always like to watch around this date (and not only X-mas movies.. I believe that anything that lifts your spirit does the trick.. who cares you have seen them 100 times? watch them again ). My suggestions... "Home Alone", "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings" (of course ), " The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Shrek", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Love Actually", "Die Hard", "Heidi", "Miracle on 34th Street", "The Nutcracker", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Joyeux Noel", "The Polar Express", "Stuart Little", "Jack Frost", "Willow", "The Princess Bride", "The Neverending Story", "A Christmas Carol", "White Christmas"..... And I'm stoping here, to avoid being killed by you, but I'm waiting for suggestions, cause I've started the movie-marathon .





- go and buy silly stuff for your Christmas tree... the supermarkets are already full of them





- have a big cup of hot wine with cinnamon and sugar and... relax, listen to some carols (again, who cares there's still a month left?) ... I'm sure you'll find other things you can do to catch the X-mas spirit . Just have fun!



It smells like X-mas©2006 moonlight / PHOTO by GOOGLE

luni, octombrie 30, 2006

Uriah Heep and... Iris, of course :)

Some of you, the ones who were at Sala Palatului yesterday evening, have seen a fantastic show made by Uriah Heep and Iris.

Again, I am speechless. I am not even going to talk about Raza, the band who made the opening; they were quite boring and the only two entertaining songs they played were "Amintire cu Haiducii" (original by Phoenix) and Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life".

I will speak of the 40 minutes' show Iris did, and of the hour and a half Uriah Heep played. A few years back, when Iris released the "Matase alba" album, Uriah Heep were in Romania as their guests in a show at the Baneasa airport. They registered together a modern version of "Lady in Black" (check my blast), which I find better than the original. Yesterday, Uriah Heep made the show and Iris were the guests, but nevertheless, they were incredible as always. By now, I'm sure you all know I'm a huge Iris fan and I will always believe them to be the greatest band ever ). Oh... and yesterday I was on stage, along with Cati and a friend of hers, with iris flowers for Cristi, just after they sang "Floare de Iris" (to quote Cati, "this was sooo coool" ).

And what about Uriah Heep? They compressed a 35 years work in 90 incendiary minutes, ending with the old version of "Lady in Black" (I think everyone was kind of expecting they played it with Iris, but still it was great). They were just incredible, I mean, looking at them you would think they wouldn't have any energy left for touring and shows... but they were like having adrenaline shots made just before the show. So, I was impressed. Again, seing such great artists is a real satisfaction. And what really moved me was seing the hall full of people quite past 30-40 years of age, and this is a good sign that the rock phenomenon in Romania is not limited to 15 year-old girls. What more can I say? It was fantastic!!!!

So, to resume, it was a great weekend. A long weekend, I might add, as I had a bonus day today and didn't go to work. I'm only sad for not being able to take any pictures (you can blame my brother for making me leave the camera at home), so I only have the ones Mihnea and Ioana took (and, of course, I'm not going to post them here, as they are not mine to use... well, maybe just one, along with my thanks). Back to work tomorrow, but it will be a short week. Now I'm waiting for the postman with my invitation for the visa (btw... I'm damn weak, I decided to go to Brasil anyways, but don't tell Ric, he'll just stop doing any efforts ) and for the weekend in the mountains with the dance school . See ya!

Uriah Heep and... Iris, of course ©2006 moonlight / PHOTO by Mihnea

duminică, octombrie 15, 2006

Tăcere

The perfect Sunday afternoon... can you imagine? It is the middle of October, and still, it was a nearly-summer day. So I couldn't have missed it, I just took my camera and went for a walk in the Herăstrău park... the place I most love in Bucharest. You can see the results in the photo album I've added. Also, this perfect day had it's ending in this little poem, that may mean the return of my inspiration...







O frunză de toamnă
murind pe un ram,
o undă stingheră ce nemişcarea-o străpunge,
un ţipăt cu negru cărbune pictat
pe-un cer de-un albastru cu-aromă de vară...
O pală de vânt adiind a răcoare,
ce frunza de toamnă-n vals lent o coboară,
un copil ce nu ştie
că lacul adoarme
şi că de mâine ploaia-l îneacă.
Un cântec de fată, abia susurat,
dar frunza de toamnă nu mai respiră;
un ultim sărut răzvrătit printre doruri,
o floare de nufăr, o ultimă rază.



(I tried to translate it, but it sounded really stupid in English... one always expresses his feelings better in his mother tongue... tal vez lo voy a intentar en castellano, pero no esta noche...)

Tăcere & PHOTO©2006 moonlight

miercuri, octombrie 11, 2006

Autumn Feelings II



Today... two poems/songs about autumn... May you all be loved...



EMOŢIE DE TOAMNĂ (NICHITA STĂNESCU)

A venit toamna, acoperă-mi inima cu ceva,
cu umbra unui copac sau mai bine cu umbra ta.

Mă tem că n-am să te mai văd, uneori,
ca or să-mi crească aripi ascuţite până la nori,
că ai să te ascunzi într-un ochi străin,
şi el o să se-nchidă cu o frunză de pelin.

Şi-atunci mă apropii de pietre şi tac,
iau cuvintele şi le-nec în mare.
Şuier luna şi o rasar şi o prefac
într-o dragoste mare.

din vol. "O viziune a sentimentelor" (1964)


FOREVER AUTUMN (LAKE OF TEARS)

So, the season of the fall begins
Down the crossroads in a sleepy little inn
By the fire when the sun goes down

But the night becomes you
And the secrets of the rain

Forever autumn

And the season of the fall begins
Out the nightlands when the thunderstorm sets in
The secrets clear in the cloudy night

But the night becomes you
And the secrets of the rain, they will stay the same
And the time will come soon
With the secrets of the rain, and the storm again

Coming closer every day, forever autumn

And the season of the fall begins
Past the passingbell, past willow weeping
A ripple forms on the brinks of time

But the night becomes you
And the secrets of the rain, they will stay the same
And the time will come soon
With the secrets of the rain, and the storm again

Coming closer every day, forever autumn

from the album "Forever Autumn" (1999)


PHOTO©2005 moonlight / POEM BY NICHITA STANESCU / SONG BY LAKE OF TEARS

luni, octombrie 09, 2006

Autumn Feelings

2 months... God, I'm counting the days till my vacation starts... but it seems like time is passing very fast, and it'll be December before knowing it. Plus I'll be busy with the embassy and taking care of all this, also my dancing classes, that the weeks will seem to be running .

¿Brasil o España?¿ Rio de Janeiro o La Coruña? Lo decidiré en aproximadamente dos semanas. En este momento, Coruña suena mejor, no me cuesta tanto trabajo llegar allí, no necesito de visado, además, Coruña nunca me desilusionó... pero veremos...

October has just come. For some, it's the beginning of school. I kind of miss school, it used to bring me an undefined emotion, especially when I was younger. I'd do it all over again, although I know it's silly and now I've reached another level in my life.

I love autumn. Well, not the part when it rains continuouslly, but I love the colours, and the sunny days when everything seems so peacefull... I guess autumn is the season when I'm most tranquil, and find myself lost in the beauty of the silence. It doesn't have anything from the usual agitation of spring, when I'm full of life, or of summer, or of winter, when Christmas lasts 2 months for me . I love autumn because it makes me forget about everything and everyone, and not care anymore. I'm just... ok... for now.

I would like to wish a warm "Happy birthday" to my sweet brother, who turns 22 tomorrow. May you be happy and loved, and remember that you can count on me for anything.

For the rest of you, I miss you... all my friends, especially the ones I made in school, because I miss school so much righ now. Maria honey, um beijo... tenho saudades dos momentos que passamos juntas, as três... Sorte, menina! Vai ver que as coisas vão sair bem!

Autumn feelings© 2006 moonlight / PHOTO BY MARIA