Ma se ghe pensu - English Version...to all those who live far away from their homeland

[Silvia80]

@CATMAN62

HOME is where your heart is.

Absolutely effective way to describe it! I think it is tougher when you move to place where a different language from your own is spoken; that’s not the case of english-speaking countries as your mothertongue is the language of your soul and inner feelings.

@BigLuc

Beautiful Sivia ! Always a pleasure to listen to you. Always musical. Always earing your love of music and of guitar. Thank you for sharing your music and your enthousiasm.

Thank you Luc, I so appreciate your support and to know that these aspects are shining through!

[DavidP]

@Silvia80

Wow…I wonder what it means living in such a “distant” to me and my mind place. I know too little of South Africa…

Silvia, I suspect that while there may be some cultural and societal differences, it is probably more similar than different. Perhaps the biggest difference would be living in the southern hemisphere near the Tropic of Cancer, and for me, at 1750m inland. So we have a most agreeable climate.

Of course we also have a political legacy, but guess that is somewhat true in most places. Of course even if yuo want to dig into this, Community etiquette dictates that we cannot.

[Ontime]

@Silvia80

Brian I’ll tell you a secret…that was only an attempt at dusguising a bit my messy hair after a day with the kids

Thats hilarious

[Silvia80]

@pkboo3

Since I couldn’t understand the lyrics so well, due to

Pamela I’m afraid my bad pronunciation and above all dropping the ‘s’ on plurals and not finishing the words didn’t help. I hope you hearing loss is just a bit.

I’m very happy you liked my interpretation!

@pkboo3

Those precious moments of laughter with the TV on

these are those memorise one cherishes forever and make you feel a place or situation “home”.

[Silvia80]

Lisa you commented so wonderfully on my performance! I don’t know if I really deserve it all but I’ m so happy you enjoyed it that much One thingis sure: practicing this really made me feel grow as a musician! … and here I must confess “me” and “musician” in the same sentence feels a bit strange

@roger_holland

The idea of ​​the Heimat is difficult to define, especially because it involves an emotional bond with a particular area. In short, it means all life circumstances to which a person feels emotional attachment, mainly because he or she grew up here. The Heimat cannot therefore be designated as a demarcated area, because it does not indicate a concrete place but can also include people, for example.

This is what I would mean by “home”. We don’t have a word for it in italian, Casa is for us the building one lives in even if we use the word in a broader sense…when I was learning english at school they taught me house = casa but also home = casa but that there was a broader meaning connected with the emotional aspect of it. Something like…

@brianlarsen

Home is Heim. It’s usually in a building.
Heimat is a broader geographical area, ranging from village to whole country, in which you feel part of that society.

@Lisa_S

and I want to build some beautiful feeling of home for the little one, too.

[Silvia80]

@DavidP

Of course we also have a political legacy, but guess that is somewhat true in most places.

It is actually, not my intention to dig into this aspect…but some lighter reading for me about the economy, society and your most agreeable climate

[sairfingers]

@Silvia80

and your most agreeable climate

And the somewhat scary wildlife!

[DavidP]

@Silvia80

some lighter reading for me about the economy, society and your most agreeable climate

I expect a Google search would take care of that

@sairfingers

And the somewhat scary wildlife!

At least that wildlife stays in the wild, Gordon, and can generally be viewed quite safely from vehicles Of course there are some exceptional events which are unfortunate and I am excluding situations where foreign tourists leave their vehicles to approach lion on foot (yes, it has happened), so not without some risk.

But probably at more risk driving on city roads than from the wildlife