Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday,
NYC, 1949

Photo by Herman Leonard

El Mundo...

Un hombre del pueblo de Neguá, en la costa de Colombia, pudo subir al cielo. A la vuelta, contó. Dijo que había contemplado, desde allá arriba, la vida humana. Y dijo que somos un mar de fueguitos.
- El mundo es eso - reveló-. un montón de gente, un mar de fueguitos. Cada persona brilla con la luz propia entre todas las demás. No hay dos fuegos iguales. Hay gente de fuegos grandes y fuegos chicos y fuegos de todos los colores. Hay gente de fuego sereno, que ni se entera del viento, y gente de fuego loco, que llena el aire de chispas; algunos fuegos, fuegos bobos, no alumbran ni queman, pero otros arden la vida con tantas ganas que no se puede mirarlos sin parpadear, y quien se acerca se enciende.

Eduardo Galeano, El Libro de los Abrazos.

Dream

Honey, you can't disapoint me
Because whatever you are
Is exactly what I want

fragment from the movie "Mozart and The Whale"

Some People's Attitude..

What you are shouts so loud
That I cannot hear what you say

Author Unknown (by me)

Fernando Pessoa

A flor que és, não a que dás, eu quero.
Por que me negas o que te não peço.
Tempo há para negares
Depois de teres dado.
Flor, sê-me flor! Se te colher avaro
A mão da infausta esfinge, tu perene
Sombra errarás absurda,
Buscando o que não deste.

Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese Poet

I Get Along Without You Very Well

I get along without you very well
Of course I do
Except when soft rains fall
And drip from leaves, then I recall
The thrill of being sheltered in your arms
Of course, I do
But I get along without you very well

I've forgotten you just like I should
Of course I have
Except to hear your name
Or someone's laugh that is the same
But I've forgotten you just like I should

What a guy, what a fool am I
To think my breaking heart could kid the moon
What's in store? Should I phone once more?
No, it's best that I stick to my tune

I get along without you very well
Of course I do
Except perhaps in spring
But I should never think of spring
For that would surely break my heart in two

by Hoagy Carmichael
suggested version: Chet Baker's