ʻO ka pani ʻana i kekahi Fair me ka miuras kahi ala maikaʻi e hoʻopau ai. ʻO kēia ka hana a Bilbao, i ka lā makahiki o Manolete. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole kūpono ka hopena i nā manaʻo. ʻO nā bipi ʻo Miura, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hele ʻana, ʻaʻole naʻe. Ua puka koke aku ka papale koa mai La Palmosilla. ʻOiai ka makemake o ka poʻe lima ʻākau, ʻaʻohe mau manawa o Brilliance. I ka hopena o ka ʻino, ʻo ka ʻāpana ʻelua holoʻokoʻa e hana ʻia ma waena o ka uila a me ka hekili, me nā kukui ʻilihune loa no kahi huinahā i hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia. Pono ʻo López Chaves e kau ma kēia pepa: ʻo ke kanaka mai Salamanca ʻo ia kekahi o nā lima ʻākau i kēia manawa me ka ʻoihana nui loa. ʻO ka mea mua i puka mai i waho o nā papaʻaina, me ka hoʻoweliweli o ka lele ʻana, paʻi i ka puʻu me kona poʻo, hiamoe i ka lio. Hāʻawi ʻo López Chaves iā ia i ka hakakā kūpono akā pōkole loa ka miura a ʻaʻole hoʻohaʻahaʻa. Me ka wiwo ʻole a me ka ʻike, lawe ʻo ia iā lākou i kekahi mau koʻokoʻo. ʻAʻohe mea hou aku. Pepehi i ke kolu. Loaʻa iā ia me nā lōʻihi ʻelua ma kona mau kuli a hiki i ka hā, me ke alo nui (646 kilos), āna i hana ai i nā koʻokoʻo, hoʻopilikia ʻia, ʻaʻole hāʻawi iā ia iho. ʻAʻole hiki i ke kālepa lima ʻākau ke kau iā ia ma ke koʻi. Pepehi i ke kolu. ʻAʻohe ona koho. ʻOiai ua loaʻa ʻo ia i kahi pōʻino ma Beziers, me ka haki ʻana o ka scaphoid, ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻo Manuel Escribano i kāna kau nui, a ua hana ʻo ia i ka hana o ka pani ʻana i ka Fair Fair me ʻeono miura a ua ʻike wau iā ia e hakakā i ka ʻāpana kūlohelohe, ma The Awa o Santa Maria. E paʻa i ka porta gayola i ka lua, e haʻalulu: i ka banderillas, hoʻihoʻi lākou. E kīkoʻo aku ʻo ia iā Verónica me ka pāpale mai La Palmosilla, nani a koa, e hele ana mai kahi lōʻihi aku i ka lio a pahu; Ua ana maikaʻi ʻo Juan Francisco Peña. Holo ʻo Manuel i kona lima i nā koʻokoʻo alakaʻi akā hele ka bipi hanohano a me ka luku pū kekahi. Pau kona lima me ka pahikaua. Loaʻa iā ia kahi portagayola i ka lima, wehe, e hoʻoweliweli ana e lele. Hāʻule ka banderilleros. Aneane pōʻeleʻele a ʻaʻole e pau ka hekili: he lewa kaumaha loa, mai 'La España negra', na Verhaeren a me Regoyos. Ma waena o nā uwila, hana ʻo ia i kahi pā akā pōkole loa ka miura, ʻaʻole ia e hala, hana ia i ke kaula. I ka lua, loaʻa iā ia ka lunge. Ua ʻike hou ʻia ʻo ia i kēia mahina ma kāna kamaʻāina ʻo Málaga Fortes, ma hope o ka hoʻomaha lōʻihi ma muli o nā pōʻino, a ua ʻeha hou i kekahi. ʻO ka lima ʻākau i lawe ʻia e nā bipi e pono ke mahalo ʻia akā ua hāpai pū kekahi i nā kānalua. Ua koi ʻo ia e hele mai i Bilbao, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike inā i ke kūlana kino maikaʻi loa. ʻO ke kolu, o ke kiʻi nani, he pōkole loa i ka hoʻomaka; hahau ikaika lakou ia ia. ʻO ka ikaika, kūpaʻa a me ke kūpaʻa, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i kahi koʻi ʻoiai ʻo ka bipi i ka pōʻino. Pepehi me ka manao. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi kēlā mokupuni lepo. ʻO ka mea hope loa, i ka pō, neʻe iki i ka banderillas akā ʻaʻole ia e hana. ʻAʻole hua ka hakakā ʻana o Fortes. ʻO ka hauʻoli, hoʻopau koke ʻo ia. Bilbao Vista Alegre Square. Sabati, Aukake 28, 2022. I ka lumi komo. ʻO nā bipi ʻo Miura, nani akā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu. ʻO ka lua, ka pāpale mai La Palmosilla, hele i waho. ʻO López Chaves, i ka uliuli a me ke gula, ʻelua mau puncture a me kahi lunge (aloha). I loko o ka lumi, ʻelua punctures a me kahi lunge (aloha) Manuel Escribano, i ka uliuli a me ke gula, slump (noho mālie). I ka lima, prick and lunge (aloha). Fortes, i ka uliuli uliuli a me ka jet, lunge a me ekolu outrageous ('ōlelo aʻo, aloha). I ke ono, lunge and pithing (silence). Pēlā e hoʻopau ai i kahi hoʻolauleʻa me ka ʻeleʻele a me ka jet, e like me kekahi mau lole hoʻopaʻapaʻa pipi i kēia manawa. Hoʻopau pū ka Bilbao General Bullfights mua, ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi a me kahi ʻano hou no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka bullring. ʻO ka hanana i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka ʻauinalā o Roca Rey ʻaʻole pono e uhi i nā lua kupapaʻu i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kali nei: ma waho o nā ahiahi o nā kiʻi, ua liʻiliʻi loa ka lehulehu. A ʻo ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa, ua ʻike wau i ka nalowale o ka hoʻomana i koi ʻia e nā bipi i loko o kahi pā bipi e like me kēia: disorganization, palaualelo, nā leo kūpono ʻole, nā kīʻaha liʻiliʻi, kahi anaina e noho ana ma kahi e makemake ai e like me kaʻu i ʻike ʻole ai ma kekahi hōʻike a ke komo a kuai me ka hooki ole, i ka wa kaua. Minamina hoʻi. I loko o nā bipi, ua like mau ʻo Bilbao me ka koi, koʻikoʻi, ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī: ʻo ka haʻaheo kūpono o Bilbao ʻaʻole lākou he Plaza ʻē aʻe. No ka hoʻohana ʻana, no kēia, ʻo ka huaʻōlelo i ka wā ma mua he hōʻailona weliweli. Inā he Plaza ʻē aʻe ʻo Bilbao, e like me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe, e pau kekahi i ka hele ʻana i kāna Fair Fair. He poino loa no ka Fiesta a me Bilbao. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole hiki mai. POSTSCRIPT: Aloha ʻoe iā Bruno, Germán, i hele mai i Bilbao e kaua i nā bipi, ma hope o Dax a me Azpeitia, ma mua o Salamanca a me Seville. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o 800 mau pipi. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Paolo Mosole iaʻu ua kau inoa ʻo Bilbao Municipal Band i kahi hoʻolaʻa paso doble i ka Hui ʻAi Pipi ʻItalia.
