Nice wish for couples

[devifemme]

Over on Tumblr, I chanced to see a sweet wish from a Brazilian blogger, something that every couple should make their own motto. In my rough translation, "that all our fights should end up in giggles in your bed" --http://ultradevi.tumblr

Comments

[ggary]

Wise words. As one of my relatives said "Never go to bed on an argument".

[devifemme]

Exactly! I bet it would sound more zingy in Portuguese...

I do quite enjoy that delicious language, which lends itself to song lyrics -- and to erotic poetry! (I recommend Vinicius de Moraes, a brilliant romantic poet -- who, incidentally, did the lyrics [both Portuguese and English] to The Girl from Ipanema.)

I spoke it moderately well for 5 years, but Italian and Spanish (both of which I still use professionally) have undercut my speaking ability.

[ggary]

I've been looking up de Moraes:

Love is the Earth's whisper
after the stars fade
and the winds of dawn blow
the birth of day....
The sincere laugh,
the shiny joy
of the lips, the sources
and the waves that balances
the sea...

He was married eight times according to wikipedia. Based on some of his poetry, I would suspect that he had chat up lines that would leave the usual 'Hi! Do you come here often?' for dead...

[devifemme]

Vinicius (bits of Latin survive in Portuguese -- always wanted to dig into that linguistic puzzle...) had the most fascinating life. He was a career Brazilian diplomat at the time of the military coup in the 60s -- was booted out and came to be a symbol of opposition to the military junta. Meanwhile, as you noted, going through wives one after another.