Day 31 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series features the sweet sounds of Ale Martore, a musician from San Salvador, El Salvador. This is Mi casa, Mi País. She wrote this beautiful, touching song and recorded the video during a period of over two months in which she was separated from her young son, Ariel. Ale was out of the country when quarantine began, and has been living out of a hotel room in a foreign land without her family. The good news is that she is home now, arriving in El Salvador this past weekend, although it will be 15 days before she is out of quarantine and able to hold her son. Best wishes to Ale and her family!
Ale and I met years ago at VOICExperience in Florida; she is a wonderful soul pursuing her dream.
Here’s a translation from Ale:
It was a January 6th when I met you,
When you held me I learned who I am,
My childhood, my first kiss,
No wonder I missed you today.
The night has come and I’m remembering you,
I put my hands together and pray for you,
It’s very hard not to see you,
You are my home, my people, my country.
The vibrant streets of San Salvador,
The delightful smell of good coffee,
The smile of my people is my joy,
My greatest wish is to return.
The night has come and I’m remembering you,
I put my hands together and pray for you,
It’s very hard not to see you ,
You are my home, my people, my country.
In the moonlight I will sing to you
A song that brings me closer to you,
I’ll come back, when the rain is gone
To my house, my people, my country.
// And here I am not knowing when I’ll come back, to my house, my people, my country! //
I want to return to my homeland, my country!