Five days before vacation, 15 days before I land in Manila
Tuesday, November 13th, 200710:20am
I’m sitting here at the language laboratory filled with Mac computers while downloading my new favorite song, Girl From Ipanema. I love it - sad and beautiful - and I can’t wait to dance it with someone!
Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lKfl15c-Kh0
Olha que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça,
É ela menina, que vem e que passa
Num doce balanço, caminho do mar
Moça do corpo dourado, do sol de Ipanema, O seu balançado é mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar .
Ah, porque estou tão sozinho, ah, porque tudo é tão triste, ah, a beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha, que também passa sozinha
Ah, se ela soubesse, que quando ela passa, O mundo sorrindo se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo, por causa do amor
(Tall and thin and young and lovely
the girl from ipanema goes walking
and when she passes, each one she passes goes "Ahhh…."
When she walks, she’s like a samba that swings so cool
and sways so gently that when she passes
each one she passes goes "Ahhhh…."
Oh but i want her so sadly
How can I tell her I love her?
Yes I would give my heart gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead not at me)
"An acceptance of the beauty of youth, of men desiring a gorgeous
woman…but including the loneliness that desire brings…and then knowing
that this beauty is not just for men, for this man or this woman, but
for all of us…that a young woman’s beauty is part of what makes life
worth living."
