tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post6499054216826552315..comments2023-10-22T07:31:03.203-05:00Comments on Namaste, Full of Grace...: ojaláNamastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00248646641252273386noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-86699801072618183922008-04-04T13:09:00.000-05:002008-04-04T13:09:00.000-05:00thanks, leo. if it isn't already obvious, i love ...thanks, leo. if it isn't already obvious, i love long-time lurkers. ;)Namastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248646641252273386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-28530758121724443112008-04-04T03:11:00.000-05:002008-04-04T03:11:00.000-05:00this is beautiful and exactly what i needed to rea...this is beautiful and exactly what i needed to read this morning.<BR/>there's an irish phrase, buíochas le Dia... it means thanks be to god, or thank god, but the ways i've heard it used, i think it has some ojalá in it. thanking god for things being just what they, for plunging us into this crazy gorgeous life.<BR/>(i'm a longterm lurker.)Leo MacCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575134962691278772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-78377442468665801202008-04-02T22:03:00.000-05:002008-04-02T22:03:00.000-05:00AW--Sounds dreamy. I love ladino music. Will def...AW--Sounds dreamy. I love ladino music. Will definitely check out Yasmin Levy. You rock!Namastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248646641252273386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-28535811812070835812008-04-02T16:25:00.000-05:002008-04-02T16:25:00.000-05:00Better yet, get to Girona and I'll show you around...Better yet, get to Girona and I'll show you around the old town.<BR/><BR/>If you like Medieval Spain, you'll have listened to Yasmin Levy and her ladino music, right? Definately a favourite of mine!Alan Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138846352067885050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-39093343593152227732008-04-02T12:28:00.000-05:002008-04-02T12:28:00.000-05:00Alan, you're right to look this up. I've always ...Alan, you're right to look this up. I've always known it to come from the Arabic Ensha'Allah (which is how that dictionary version attempts to show the pronounciation). The word comes from the Arabs (or Moors) that lived in Spain before they (along with the Jews) were ousted by the Edict of 1492. I kind of have an obsession with all things having to do with Medeival Spain, mostly pertaining Namastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248646641252273386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-35435022938904330542008-04-02T11:36:00.000-05:002008-04-02T11:36:00.000-05:00You got me thinking about "ojalá", to the point of...You got me thinking about "ojalá", to the point of doing a quick search and finding at least three different takes on its origin: "law šá lláh" (Dicc. Real Acad. Esp.), "inch Alá" (www.elcastellano.org) and "wahad allah" (DODONA forum).<BR/><BR/>But any way you look at it, it implies that tomorrow may - just may - be better than today. <BR/><BR/>Here's hoping.Alan Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138846352067885050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-70344858562091400012008-04-01T23:20:00.000-05:002008-04-01T23:20:00.000-05:00Con mucho carino. Thanks, la rebelde. :)Con mucho carino. Thanks, la rebelde. :)Namastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248646641252273386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15448925.post-67895231365512654272008-04-01T23:18:00.000-05:002008-04-01T23:18:00.000-05:00what a great post! thanks for sharing it.what a great post! thanks for sharing it.la rebeldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463971465554530564noreply@blogger.com