{"id":285,"date":"2010-04-27T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:07:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:07:26","slug":"ave-querida-amada-peregrina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=285","title":{"rendered":"Ave querida, amada peregrina"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00bfA d\u00f3nde ir\u00e1 veloz y fatigada
la golondrina que de aqu\u00ed se va?<\/p>\n

Por si en el viento se hallar\u00e1 extraviada
buscando abrigo y no lo encontrar\u00e9…<\/i><\/p>\n

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n

Where are you going, swift and weary
swallow, why are you leaving here?<\/p>\n

And what if you lose your way in
the wind, looking for a home you’ll never find…<\/p>\n

A snippet of a traditional Mexican song, “La golondrina” is often sung as a farewell at funerals for those who’ve died far from home. I was reminded of it this afternoon watching the swallows feed low over the lake in the rain. <\/p>\n

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*Lyrics from “La golondrina” by Narciso Serradel Sevilla. The translation to English is mine and is far from precise.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u00bfA d\u00f3nde ir\u00e1 veloz y fatigadala golondrina que de aqu\u00ed se va? Por si en el viento se hallar\u00e1 extraviadabuscando abrigo y no lo encontrar\u00e9… – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Where are you going, swift and wearyswallow, why are … Continue reading Ave querida, amada peregrina<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,2,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}