Appreciating Spanish
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007As an English speaker, learning a new language can be both a difficult and enlightening experience. So tied up in culture is language that it is next to impossible to arm-chair learn the language of a foreign land…a foreign people.
I count myself lucky to have learned Spanish – but not so much for having learned the language but the culture of the language. Mexican in my case, but it makes the Spanish of other countries that much more accessible.
So, I’d thought I’d share some Spanish language song lyrics with you all, by Manu Chao, who himself speaks at least three languages. I leave you Spanish language learners to translate or appreciate the depth of the language.
Desaparecido
Me llaman el desaparecido
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido
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