Jody Olën

Ya’aburnee (War machine)

Ya’aburnee, Arabic (noun) meaning “you bury me”, a beautifully morbid declaration of ones hope that they will die before another person, as it would be difficult living without them.

Saudade

Saudade, Portuguese, (noun), A vague, constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist. A nostalgic longing for something or someone loved and then lost.

naz

Naz, Urdu, (noun), The pride and assurance that comes from the knowing that you are loved unconditionally.

hireath

Hireath, Welsh (noun) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was, the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.

ambedo

Ambedo, Latin, (noun) A kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details – raindrops skittering down a window, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee – which leads to a dawning awareness of the haunting fragility of life