ʻO kēia a i ʻolekumu kumu o José Luis Sampedro He puke ia e heluhelu ai kēlā me kēia kanaka ma ka liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi manawa i ko lākou ola, e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei no nā mea nui.
ʻO kēlā me kēia meʻe, e hoʻomaka ana me ka wahine nāna ka waena o ka puke a i kapa ʻia ma lalo o nā inoa like ʻole (e noho me Glauka) e lawe i ka naʻau mau o ka mea hiki ke ola i kekahi mau ola.
ʻO kahi heluhelu ʻōpio, e like me kaʻu heluhelu mua ʻana, hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi kuanaʻike ʻokoʻa, kahi ʻano o ke ala ʻana i kahi mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea maʻalahi (a me nā kūʻē a me nā ahi) o ia wā ma mua o ka oʻo.
ʻO ka heluhelu ʻelua ʻana i ka wā makua e lawe iā ʻoe i kahi nani, ʻoluʻolu, nostalgia pā, e pili ana i kāu mea a me nā mea āu i waiho ai e ola.
He mea ʻē paha ka hiki i kahi puke i hiki ke kani i ka mōʻaukala ke hoʻoili i kekahi mea e like me kēia, ʻeā?
ʻO ke kanalua ʻole o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi nani ʻo Alexandria i ke kenekulia ʻekolu ʻo ia wale nō, kahi hoʻonohonoho kūpono kahi e ʻike ai i ko mākou liʻiliʻi i kēia lā nā kānaka mai ia manawa.
ʻAʻole au i manaʻo aia kahi hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e empathize me kāna mau huapalapala i kahi ala nui, a hiki i ka hohonu o ka ʻuhane a me ka ʻōpū. Me he mea lā hiki iā ʻoe ke noho i ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo o Glauka, a i ʻole Krito me kona naʻau pau ʻole, a i ʻole ʻo Ahram, me ke kaulike o kona ikaika a palupalu.
No ke koena, ma ʻō aku o nā huapalapala, nā kahakaha kikoʻī o ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma luna o ke Kaiwaenahonua, i noʻonoʻo ʻia mai kahi hale kiaʻi kiʻekiʻe, a i ʻole ke ola o loko o ke kūlanakauhale me kona mau ʻala a me nā onaona e hauʻoli nui ʻia.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻoluʻolu i ka heluhelu ʻana iā La Vieja Sirena, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa maʻalahi ma aneʻi: