09/22/2021

Gandix
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Gandix
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Summer Longing
Since eternal times I carry this longing in me,
the longing for the south of Italy and the sea.
So far, I have not come further than Jesolo.
But now I'm sitting on the train,
my Luna next to me,
as luggage only a backpack.
The destination....open.
I want to let myself drift.
3 months off I have taken...
Slowly the train rolls in.
The ride will probably be boring.
But already in Munich a woman gets on,
Italian, unmistakably...
What a coincidence.
She's not sitting down properly yet she's already starting to talk...
About her family the visit to a friend here in Munich...
Spellbound I listen,
as she tells of her home, a smile on her face.
The time flies by.
Eventually she dozes off,
and I look out the window...
The high Alps already behind us,
even in the carriage I notice.. that the air is different...
Slowly the sun rises...
The train rolls along the beautiful Lake Como...
I enjoy the sight,
the lake sunk into the mountains,
the beautiful houses,
with the gorgeous gardens...
I know I'm on the right track...
Then I too doze off for a moment,
just in time to wake up again.. as the train travels along the coast by the sea.
Tuscany, I still remain on the train,
my dream is further south.
The Italian girl is still there too,
Francesca is her name...
In Positano she is at home...
And promptly she invites me,
to spend the first days with them.
I don't say no because that's exactly what I wanted...
Get to know the country and its people,
far away from mass tourism.
So, together with her, I get off the train,
Warmth embraces me.
The climb to the house of my new acquaintance
is exhausting,
but the view is worth every breath.
I look down the slope,
and see the gardens with their many lemon trees,
whose fragrance gently fills the air...
See the endless expanse of the sea,
the azure sky.
I breathe deeply and feel freedom and peace.
And I know why I'm here,
why this longing tormented me...
For I dreamed of lemon groves
Lemons with skins as yellow as the sun...
I dreamed of the sea,
azure as the sky,
Taste in my dream the salt on my lips...
I dreamed....
*Love as deep as the sea....
and as eternal as time....*
(Peter Maffay)
This fragrance embodies for me like nothing else the longing for Italy and the sea, and this year, unfortunately, it had to remain a dream and a longing...
But one day I will sit on the train ...;)
the longing for the south of Italy and the sea.
So far, I have not come further than Jesolo.
But now I'm sitting on the train,
my Luna next to me,
as luggage only a backpack.
The destination....open.
I want to let myself drift.
3 months off I have taken...
Slowly the train rolls in.
The ride will probably be boring.
But already in Munich a woman gets on,
Italian, unmistakably...
What a coincidence.
She's not sitting down properly yet she's already starting to talk...
About her family the visit to a friend here in Munich...
Spellbound I listen,
as she tells of her home, a smile on her face.
The time flies by.
Eventually she dozes off,
and I look out the window...
The high Alps already behind us,
even in the carriage I notice.. that the air is different...
Slowly the sun rises...
The train rolls along the beautiful Lake Como...
I enjoy the sight,
the lake sunk into the mountains,
the beautiful houses,
with the gorgeous gardens...
I know I'm on the right track...
Then I too doze off for a moment,
just in time to wake up again.. as the train travels along the coast by the sea.
Tuscany, I still remain on the train,
my dream is further south.
The Italian girl is still there too,
Francesca is her name...
In Positano she is at home...
And promptly she invites me,
to spend the first days with them.
I don't say no because that's exactly what I wanted...
Get to know the country and its people,
far away from mass tourism.
So, together with her, I get off the train,
Warmth embraces me.
The climb to the house of my new acquaintance
is exhausting,
but the view is worth every breath.
I look down the slope,
and see the gardens with their many lemon trees,
whose fragrance gently fills the air...
See the endless expanse of the sea,
the azure sky.
I breathe deeply and feel freedom and peace.
And I know why I'm here,
why this longing tormented me...
For I dreamed of lemon groves
Lemons with skins as yellow as the sun...
I dreamed of the sea,
azure as the sky,
Taste in my dream the salt on my lips...
I dreamed....
*Love as deep as the sea....
and as eternal as time....*
(Peter Maffay)
This fragrance embodies for me like nothing else the longing for Italy and the sea, and this year, unfortunately, it had to remain a dream and a longing...
But one day I will sit on the train ...;)
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