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¡Viva viernes!     (Long live Friday! In other words, TGIF!)

La fecha es el dieciséis (16) de febrero del año dos mil veinticuatro. (The date is February 16, 2024.)

Let’s transport our minds to beautiful, mountainous Bolivia and our bodies to the dance floor for Esther Marisol’s La flor de Sama (The Flower of Sama).

“Del corazón de la flor, te traeré” (From the heart of the flower, I will bring you),

“De la flor enamorada, de mi montaña, de mi montaña que se llama la cuesta de Sama” (Of the enamoured flower, from my mountain, from my mountain that is called the hill of Sama).

“Desde Sama te sintió mi corazón y tus ojos se metieron en mi cariño” (From Sama my heart felt you and your eyes made their way in my affection),

“No los vi pero se entraron muy dentro del alma” (I didn’t see them, but they made their way very deep in my soul).

“Tarija, Tarija, tierra de Sol, sonrisas de Luna, besos de flor” (Tarija, Tarija, land of Sun, smiles of Moon, kisses of flower).

¡Cantemos y bailemos! (Let’s sing and dance!) You can sing along to la letra (the lyrics).

¡Que tengas un viernes visualizado!     (May you have a visualized Friday!)

L. A. Feliz

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