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Saudade by Almeida Júnior
Saudade: a unique Galician-Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return. It’s related to the feelings of longing, yearning.
“…vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist … a turning towards the past or towards the future.”
Saudade was once described as “the love that remains” or “the love that stays” after someone is gone.
