“Love Story” Bolero by Carlos Eleta Almarán in 1955. To create a classic song, The Panamanian writer was inspired by the tragedy his brother suffered.
“You are no longer by my side, heart, I have only loneliness in my soul, if I can no longer see you, why did God make me love you to make me suffer more?” Thus begins the heartbreaking lyrics describing the grief of a man who has lost his beloved.
The melancholic magic in this bolero is that it is a real-life story. Carlos Eleta Almarán was inspired by the love between his brother Fernando and his wife Mercedes Casanovas.
According to César Muñoz of the YouTube channel “La Cata Musical”, The woman lost her life within days of giving birth and suffered from the disease for a year. In a conversation with the BBC, Arora, the fruit of the love of the protagonists of the tragedy, revealed that her uncle tells her that she is a product of her mother's last stage.
His mother gave birth on September 3, 1954. Complaining that he could not feel his legs that day, he was taken to the hospital, and three days later, on September 6, he died. “Mercedes is one of the victims of polio in the country” British media reported.
“Carlos, you are the oldest brother, please do not abandon your brother Fernando and my three children. “I'm dying,” Mercedes' last words to her brother-in-law when he visited her in the hospital.
After the meeting, Despite having no musical training, the Panamanian was smitten and went to his office to compose a song. The two brothers founded the first radio station in Panama, so they went to the third floor of the building where the piano was located to write the song. Three hours after the arrival, Mercedes died.
“The difficult thing about Bolero, as the composer explained, is that it's a very concentrated poem where everything has to be said in two or three stanzas, but this song, in particular, he said came from his soul. Why did he feel that the song came out on its own,” Muñoz said in his YouTube video. .
“My dad is very sensitive. Having experienced his brother's pain as his own, he felt Uncle Fernando's pain.” said Raquel Eletta de Arias, the youngest daughter of the song writer for the BBC.
How was the memory of Mercedes Casanovas kept alive?
Aurora Eletta Casanovas, better known as Loli, commented in a conversation with “youtuber”. None of his siblings knew their mother well. “My sister Patty was three years old, my brother Fernando was one, and I was three days old, so none of us had any memory of my mother, impossible,” he admitted.
Nevertheless, Loli said his father was one of those responsible for keeping the Mercedes memory alive. I would record videos and project the footage for the kids to watch as they had a screen in the home studio.
“My father documented many of the early years of the family. We sat in the afternoons, at night, and I remember what my father was saying about my mother, and somehow we met her through video. I saw her very naturally and simply. I am a true believer that God leads you for something. Many times I try to imagine what my life would have been like without my mother, and it's always a longing. “My father's face changed when he heard 'Story of a Love', his expression was full of longing, sadness and emotion,” she told the BBC.
Lolly spoke to Caesar and said that The song was a mix of emotions. When she was young, she felt depressed, causing grief to her grandparents and her father. The girl revealed that now it makes her happy, she has received messages from friends and acquaintances who listen to the song in other countries, and that she had the opportunity to listen to Bolero while in Turkey. He added that he was happy to know that there are many versions of “Story of a Love” in different languages.
“When I see her in photographs, I feel great sadness that I can't share it with her. I missed that when I was a kid. I need that,” Arora admitted to the BBC.
“A Love Story” Full Lyrics:
You are no longer by my side, heart.
I have only loneliness in my soul
If I can't see you anymore
Why did God make me love you?
To make me suffer more
You are always the reason for my existence
Worshiping you was my religion
I saw it in your kisses
The warmth it gave me
Love and passion
It is a love story
Because there is nothing else like it
That made me understand
Everything is good and bad
Brought light to my life
Then turn it off
Oh, what a dark life
I will not live without your love
You are not by my side anymore my love
I have only loneliness in my soul
If I can't see you anymore
Why did God make me love you?
To make me suffer more
It is a love story
Because there is nothing else like it
That made me understand
Everything is good and bad
Brought light to my life
Then turn it off
Oh, what a dark life
I will not live without your love
You are no longer by my side, heart.
I have only loneliness in my soul
If I can't see you anymore
Why did God make me love you?
To make me suffer more
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