I think once-a-month blogposts are about as frequent as I'm going to get now. And this one is just a quick update. Today I am moving to a new apartment! (And in case anyone is wondering if/when I'll be back: my lease is for six months...so I'll be here for that long, at least. At this point, I don't have particular plans to return to the States...aside from a Christmas visit.) I woke up this morning, early as usual, and decided to take in the sunrise one last time from my terrace. And what did I find? A double-rainbow! What a gift!
In honor of all my recent changes--which have been wonderful--in the soundtrack of my life Mercedes Sosa's "Todo Cambia" (Everything Changes) has been on repeat. It's a beautiful observation of life with its endless changes and the one, true constant: love.
I'm listening to this and packing up (and not in order to return to the States...)--it really brings out the nostalgia. But, friends and family, I'll let Mercedes express these thoughts for me...
Below you'll find my translation.
Todo Cambia <--click to hear the song!
The superficial changes
As well as the deep
Our way of thinking changes
Everything changes in this world
The climate changes as the years pass
The shepherd changes his flock
And since everything changes
That I change isn't strange
The finest brilliance changes
Its brightness from hand to hand
The bird changes its nest
A lover changes his feelings
A wanderer changes his path
Though it does him harm
And since everything changes
That I change isn’t strange
Everything changes
The sun changes its route
When the night has fallen
Plants change their shade
Of green in the spring
The fur of the wild beast changes
And the color of an old man’s hair
And since everything changes
That I change isn’t strange
But my love doesn’t change
No matter how far away you find me
Nor the memory nor pain, of my home and my
people
What changed yesterday must change tomorrow
And so I change
In this far distant land
Everything changes
But my love doesn’t change
No matter how far away you find me
Nor the memory nor pain of my home and my
people
What changed yesterday must change tomorrow
And so I change
In this far distant land
