Saudade Comments

Saudade is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return.One English translation of the word is missingness. Stronger forms of saudade might be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing, moved away, separated, or died. (pronounced Sow da dae)

I got carried away by the wind,
and my fingers brushed eternity.
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