Pablo Álvarez: "ʻAʻole maikaʻi kāu keiki no ka ʻoihana"

—He uuku loa makou na Sepania. —Ma Amerika, ua manaoia no Italia ka aila, oiai o Sepania ka mea hana nui loa ma ka honua nei, a na kakou kekahi hapa nui o ka aila a lakou e lawe aku nei. Pono ʻoe e hele, pono ʻoe. Hele nui au a ʻike i nā Farani he nui, nui nā Italia a me nā Spaniards e lawe mai ana i kā lākou waina. — ʻO Vega Sicilia ka hōʻailona Spanish nui o nā manawa a pau. —Ke haʻi aku nei au i koʻu ʻohana ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike piha i ka hanohano i loaʻa iā mākou ma ka honua. - ʻAʻole ʻo Sepania. "Aia ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ma mua o mākou." 50 makahiki i hala aku nei, no lākou, e lilo ka waina i mea moʻomeheu a ma ʻaneʻi he meaʻai wale nō. -Palani. —He nui ko'u hele ana i Farani a he mea lili loa ia'u i ka ike ana i na hana malaila. Ma Sepania ʻaʻole mākou ʻike pehea e hana ai. ʻO kā mākou meaʻai haute e ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā wahi āpau me ka mahalo nui, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ka mokuʻāina i ka pale, hoʻolaha, hoʻohana pono i ka ʻoihana. -Ka honua. —Huki nui ka gastronomy, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka waina. Akā no nā mea ʻelua i ʻike ʻia ʻo Sepania, mahalo a kipa ʻia e nā poʻe he nui. No ka ʻohana kāu ʻoihana. —ʻAʻole au i hele mai mai ka honua o ka waina, a ke manaʻo nei au ua hana maikaʻi ʻo Vega Sicilia i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā mākou ka hale waina. -No ke aha mai? — No ka mea, he honua ikaika loa ka waina a paa loa. Ke loaʻa i kahi ʻaelike kekahi limahana o kahi pae, ke hoʻāʻo nei au ʻaʻole ʻo ia mai ka honua o ka waina, no laila ke hāʻawi nei ʻo ia i nā mea hou a me nā mea ʻokoʻa. —Aloha ʻoe i kou ʻohana a me Vega Sicilia. Ina he keiki pono ole ka'u, e oi anei ke kaumaha o ke koko a me ka waina? “He paʻakikī mau nā ʻohana. Pono e hoʻomau ʻia nā ʻoihana e ka mea nona ka mana. “Maʻalahi ka ʻōlelo. A paʻakikī ke hana, ʻae. Akā ʻo ka ʻohana ka mea nona a pono e aʻo ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea a pau. A he mea nui aʻe: ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe a pau a makemake paha e aʻo. —He aha kāu e ʻōlelo ai i ka makua kāne a i ʻole ke kupuna kāne e heluhelu nei iā ʻoe a e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻoikaika i kahi keiki kāne a i ʻole ka moʻopuna i manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole maikaʻi? —He mea nui ka ʻohana, a he mea nui hoʻi e hoʻomau i ka ʻoihana a kekahi o lākou i hana ai. Akā, pono ʻoe e ʻike maoli, no ka ʻoihana a no lākou. Inā hoʻopilikia ʻoe i kāu keiki, ʻaʻole ia he maikaʻi, ʻaʻole no kāu keiki, ʻaʻole no ka ʻoihana. —Ua oi aku kou haahaa a emi mai ka hoikeike mamua o ka poe e kauoha ana i kau waina ma na haleaina. —Aia ʻoe, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hōʻike. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia e māʻona." —I kēlā me kēia kakahiaka i koʻu ala ʻana, nīnau wau iaʻu iho inā maikaʻi wau a ma kahi e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻomaikaʻi. Hiki iā Vega Sicilia ke hoʻomaikaʻi? —Ke hana mau ʻia ka waina maikaʻi loa, no ka mea ke hilinaʻi nei mākou i kahi mea hiki ʻole iā mākou ke hoʻomalu. -He aha? -Natura. - E hele kāua. —Aole i keia manawa, a he mea maikai ia e hoomau aku i kana kauoha, aole kakou e hoomalu iaia. ʻElua mau makahiki like i ka climatology e hāʻawi i ʻelua mau ʻano waina like ʻole. A ʻaʻole maopopo iā mākou ke kumu. Hana mākou i nā mea he nui. Akā ʻaʻole mākou ʻike. —Pono e hoomaluia, e hoopauia, e hoohanaia. —Inā mākou e hoʻomalu iā ia, e nalowale ka waina i kāna kilokilo. — Mālama mākou i ka Covid a ʻaʻole mākou e nalowale i ka kilokilo. Ma ka liʻiliʻi iaʻu. —Ua nui ka holomua i ke ola kino o ka malawaina a ke hana nei no hoi makou i ka PCR ia lakou. Akā ʻoiai kēia, ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ia ka mea e kahaha loa iaʻu. ʻO ia ka nui o ka waina. —Na mea makamae. —O ke kumukuai o na eka, he pipii loa ia ma na wahi, he pipii loa. Ma muli o ka hana ʻana i hoʻokahi tausani ʻōmole a i ʻole hoʻokahi haneli tausani. He pipiʻi loa ka hana ma ka pā waina, ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana. Akā he ʻoiaʻiʻo i kekahi manawa ua ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o ka waiwai, no ka kaulana, ka hanohano a me ke koi. — Hoʻonui iki nā hale ʻai ma ka hoʻonui ʻana. -ʻO kaʻoihana kaʻoihana. Pono ka hale ʻaina i ka nui o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā a pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka waiwai. Ma Sepania, hoʻopiʻi mākou akā ke hoʻonui ʻia ke kūʻai aku ma laila. -ʻO nā male mare. Ua hana ino makou. -ʻO ka waina maikaʻi loa. "ʻO ka mea āu i makemake nui ai." ʻO ka waina ka mea e hauʻoli ai. E mālama mākou i ke koena.