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  • The Iran I remember or have sodade for is wild with history and rich with the generosity of its people.

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • Wikipedia describes sodade or saudade as a "vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist... a turning towards the past or towards the future".

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • I remember walking into a store in Venice, California, maybe 16 years ago and instantly suppressing tears as I heard her crooning those words: "sodade, sodade."

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • I have carried this sodade in my being since being a young girl.

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • Wikipedia describes sodade or saudade as a "vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist... a turning towards the past or towards the future".

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • I remember walking into a store in Venice, California, maybe 16 years ago and instantly suppressing tears as I heard her crooning those words: "sodade, sodade."

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • I have carried this sodade in my being since being a young girl.

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • The Iran I remember or have sodade for is wild with history and rich with the generosity of its people.

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • The Iran I remember or have sodade for is wild with history and rich with the generosity of its people.

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

  • Wikipedia describes sodade or saudade as a "vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist... a turning towards the past or towards the future".

    Shiva Rose: Iran As We Knew It Shiva Rose 2011

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  • The sentiment of nostalgia, yearning and missing of home and beloved, this describes a bittersweet feeling that has no direct English translation.

    November 28, 2007

  • Nicotec, is this a variant spelling of saudade? :-)

    November 28, 2007