Me ka wiwo ʻole nui a me ka ikaika nui i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia i ka mea hohonu cʻO ka launa o ke aloha aloha e pili ana mai ka pilina hoihoi a me ka maʻalea ma waena o ka makuahine a me kahi kaikamahine ʻoiai ʻaʻole i haʻi ʻia e kekahi a hiki i kēia manawa.
Kahi kelepona ʻana i hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka o ka huakaʻi: ʻo ka wahine ʻōpio nāna i haʻi kēia moʻolelo i hele aku e hālāwai me kona ʻanakala ʻo Emilio, ʻo ia kahi mea mahuka ma kahi o ka palena ma waena o Uruguay a me Brazil. ʻOiai ʻo ka pilina pouli e hui pū nei iā lākou, ʻo Emilio wale nō nona kahi home i ka wā e wāwahi ana kona wā kamaliʻi i loko o kahi hale i noho ʻia, ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale o Buenos Aires.
ʻO ke kaikamahine a kahi lawelawe ʻike mua a me kahi makuahine i hopu ʻia ma waena o ka pakele a me ka hewa o ka wā i hala, ʻo kāna hui ʻana me Emilio, he huakaʻi hoʻi ia i ka hoʻomaka o ka moʻolelo o ka ʻohana. Kōkua ʻia e ka mea hoʻololi kālā a me ka ʻumi umbanda, pono ʻo ia e wehe i ke kumu maoli o kāna ʻimi ʻana.
Ke neʻe nei i kēia ʻāina palena, e kāwili a huikau ka ʻōlelo a me ka poʻe i ka ʻike e pili ana he ʻano ʻē. ʻO kahi puke o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hele i waena o nā kahamaha o ka palena me nā peripheries o ke kulanakauhale o nā kapa ʻelua o ka Río de la Plata, e nānā i nā palena o nā pilina kanaka, kahi e hoʻomaka ai a pau ai ke aloha, ka loko ʻino a me ka hoʻokamakama.
ʻAʻohe makemake i loko o kēia puke mua na Luciana De Mello nāna i hōʻike me ka wiwo ʻole a me ka ikaika nui i ka huikau o ka pilina o ke aloha e pili ana i ka pilina pīhoihoi a me ka maʻalea ma waena o ka makuahine a me kāna kaikamahine ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea i haʻi iā ia ma mua.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «Mandinga de amor», na Luciana de Mello, ma aneʻi: