Many people would say, especially Mexicans, would say that “Oscar no tiene madre*.” (*Only people who speak Mexican will get it) But I do, and I love her. I seldom talk to her and it is not because I do not want to but because of various circumstances that make it extremely complicated to do so.
I always think of her, especially when I listen to certain songs. These acoustic catalysts make me soak in nostalgia with a rain of memories, sing (dis‘ que, but no really like an opera singer), and sigh.
By the way, guess what these two songs are!!
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You know what, never mind that. Guess what in what language these songs are!
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[lol, by leaving this “guessing moment” I feel as if I were Dora the explorer -or 你 好, 凯兰/ Ni hao kai-lan, for that matter- and you the reader were one of those little kids in front of the TV.]
Yeap, of course one of them had to be in Italian! The lyrics are very good. Simple but true when these come from the great Luciano Pavarotti. This song is called -non surprisingly, “Mamma.”
It starts with “Mamma son’ tanto felice perche ritorno da te” (Mom I am so happy because I go back to you) and continues on.It always makes me want sing out loud
The second song is 疼爱妈妈. I love the video, it reminds me of my mom and it makes me think of the hardships she probably still undergoes every day in that remote place. Although at times the music in the video sounds like an overplayed communist song in the 50’s glorifying film, The lyrics compensate this by ending with a beautiful message “给妈妈说说话. 疼爱妈妈我疼爱妈妈.疼爱妈妈就是听妈妈话” (speak to your mom, love mom, I love my mom, real love for a mother is to listen to her). This song made me cry more than once.
The song is not on Youtube so I cannot post it as a video so I am posting it as a link.
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