Los Ojos

The eyes have it, the window of the soul... strange how as wisdom grows one tends to look at the eyes and not at the rest, not that I dont look at the rest mind you, I am male and not dead yet!
Looking back I remember a pair of blue eyes, blue as the midday sky on a hot summer day, so blue you seem to fall into them... but that was a lifetime ago... and a fantasy as only a 10 year old could dream... never looked at girls for a long time after that. Some say one never forgets that first love, that puppy love... I sure don't... maybe I still compare all the women in my life to her. Girls if you are reading this... remember the song To all the girls I've loved? I particularly like Julio Iglesias's version. Ok I may be a tad concieted here, but that is how things are...
Coming back to the spanish theme, Osjos asi by Shakira is one of my favourite latin songs, not just because of the singer, who has great eyes by the way... but because of the blend of Spanish and Arabic in the song, come to think of it Flamenco has strong arab influence as well. Some other singers and groups I like are No Mercy, Santana, Marc Anthony, and too many to mention here! So to the lyrics that started the train of thought;
Eyes Like Yours "Osjos asi" - Shakira
Oh, you know I have seen
A sky without sun
A man with no nation
Saints, captive in chains
A song with no name
For lack of imagination
Ya he...
And I have seen
Darker than ebony

Ya he Ya he Ya la he

And now it seems, that I
Without your eyes could never be
My one desire, all I aspire
Is in your eyes forever to live
Traveled all over the seven oceans
There is nothing that I wouldn't give
Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

Oh, You know I seen
A woman of means
In rags and begging for pleasure
Crossed a river of salt
Just after I rode
A ship that's sunk in the desert

Ya he Ya he Ya la he

And I have seen
Darker than ebony

Ya he Ya he Ya la he

And now it seems, that I
Without your eyes could never be

My one desire, all I aspire
Is in your eyes forever to live
Traveled all over the seven oceans
There is nothing that I wouldn't give

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours

rabboussamai fikarrajaii
fi ainaiha aralhayati
ati ilaika min haza lkaaouni
arjouka labbi labbi nidai

Came from Bahrein, got to Beirut
Looking for someone comparing to you
Tearing down windows and doors
And I could not find eyes like yours.
The girl with the blue eyes? Michelle was her name... Yep I remember her well... used to buy her sweets from the shop across the railway tracks from school, today the station is gone as well as the playground where we would sit and share wilson's toffies and sugus... but the memories remain.
**El amor más fuerte y más puro no es el que sube desde la impresión, sino el que desciende desde la admiración.** The purer and strongest love is not the one that rises since the impression, but the one that descends since the admiration. Thanks freetranslation.com