Sodade is a Portuguese\Kriolu word that has no direct translation in English or Russian. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or deeply melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return. A stronger form of Sodade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing. It also could be the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) that should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. It brings sad and happy feelings all together, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:20:49 +0000
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