Aloha ʻoe i kāu hana?

I kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei ma Cuba, ua hoʻolimalima māua ʻo kaʻu kāne ʻo Paul i kahi alakaʻi / hoʻokele kaʻawale nona ka inoa ʻo Danny e lawe iā mākou i nā kauhale ma waho o Havana. Ma mua o ko Danny lilo ʻana i alakaʻi, he consul hope ʻo ia. E like me nā Cubans āpau a mākou i hui ai, ua morphed ʻo Danny mai ke aupuni a me ka diplomacy i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa ʻana no ka mea ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā ka mea hope."I loko o 10 mau lā o ka hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa, loaʻa iaʻu ka mea aʻu i hana ai i hoʻokahi mahina ma ke ʻano he diplomat," i wehewehe ai ʻo Danny. Ke loaʻa nei nā loio a me nā kauka lāʻau i $ 15 i $ 30 i kēlā me kēia mahina, ʻaʻole mea hoʻomakeʻaka nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.

I ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Cienfuegos, hauʻoli nui ʻo Danny i kona kuhikuhi ʻana i ke ʻano o nā māla, nā kala like ʻole, nā hale neoclassical a whisk iā mākou e ʻike i kekahi mau hale lāʻau 19 kenekulia e kū mau nei. I kekahi lā ʻē aʻe, iā mākou i kū ai e ʻai i ka paladar (hale ʻaina pilikino) e hele ana i Trinidad, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Danny e hana i kahi ʻanuʻu ʻelua i ka mele ambient. Ma kahi hōʻike alanui, ua nui kona manawa e hōʻike ana iā mākou i kahi kāmela hoʻomākeʻaka Cuban - hana ʻia i loko o nā kini inu wai ʻoluʻolu. I kekahi manawa hou, iā mākou e hoʻokele nei i ka lua kupapaʻu o Ernesto (Che) Guevara, e ʻāwīwī ana ʻo Danny. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu, akā he mele paha ia mai ke kipi.

"E Danny, e ʻoluʻolu e haʻi mai iaʻu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. He diploma ʻoe. Ua huakaʻi ʻoe a alakaʻi i kahi ola pīhoihoi. Pehea ʻoe e mālama ai i ka loli a hoʻonāukiuki ke hoʻokele ʻoe i nā poʻe like ʻole i nā wahi like? ʻAʻole ʻoe luhi? ”

“Bored?” Nīnau ʻo Danny, me he mea lā ʻaʻole maopopo iā ia kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei. “E pono wau e kū ma ka hola 6 o ke ahiahi. i kēlā me kēia pō, akā ʻaʻole naʻe kēlā i hiki. No ka mea aloha wau i kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku. ”

"I ke aloha me kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku?" Ua nīnau wau. ʻO kēia manawa ʻo wau ka mea e maopopo ʻole ai ka mea a kaʻu interlocutor e ʻōlelo nei.

"Ae. ʻO kēlā me kēia kanaka kahi puke a me kahi ola. A i ʻole nā ​​ola a me nā puke. Pēlā wau e aʻo ai. ʻO ia ka waiwai o koʻu ola. Aloha au i kaʻu hana. ”

Ua hoʻi wau i kahi ʻike i loaʻa iaʻu ma kahi kahua mokulele ma Albuquerque, New Mexico, i ka wā e hele ana wau i kahi laina o ka poʻe e waiho ana i kā lākou mau kī, kāmaʻa, kāʻei, kamepiula lawe, ʻeke, a me nā halihali lawe ma luna o kahi kāʻei lawe. ʻO ke kanaka nāna i hoʻolilo kona lā ke nānā aku i nā mea ma ka pale x-ray he ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi iaʻu.

"Me he mea lā hauʻoli loa ʻoe," i ʻōlelo wau iā ia.

"Hauʻoli au. Aloha au i kaʻu hana. ”

"Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka mea hou?"

"Aʻole. Aʻole iki. ʻOkoʻa kēlā me kēia kanaka e māʻalo ana. Aloha wau. Hōʻike lākou iaʻu i nā tidbits liʻiliʻi o ko lākou ola, e like me kahi e hele nei lākou a i hea lākou e hele mai nei. Hoʻohenehene lākou e akahele wau me ko lākou kāmaʻa kāmaʻa pipiʻi. Mālama wau i ka mea hou. Inā huhū ʻoe ke hele mai ʻoe i ka hana, he lā maikaʻi ʻole ia, a makemake wau i mau lā maikaʻi. "

A laila ua neʻe ke kāʻei neʻe, a nānā akula au i hope i ke kāne i ke aloha ʻana i kāna ohua hou.

ʻO Socorro, kahi wahine i mālama i kahi ʻano o ke kauoha i loko o koʻu hale i kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua a ʻoi paha ma mua o ʻumi mau makahiki, haʻaheo loa i kāna hana. Ua paipai wau iā ia i nā hoaaloha he nui, a ʻae mākou āpau ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Socorro, ua ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou ola no ka mea ʻoi aku ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ke kaʻina o kā mākou wahi noho.

Ma mua o ka hana ʻana a Socorro, nīnauele ʻo ia i ka mea e hoʻolimalima iā ia. "Makemake wau e hana no ka poʻe maikaʻi wale nō," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “ʻAʻole pili wale i ke kālā.” A ke kuhi hewa ʻo ia, ua hāʻule ʻo ia. "Makemake au e hauʻoli kaʻu mau mea kūʻai aku," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Hoʻāʻo wau e wehewehe iā ia ʻaʻole hauʻoli wau inā hana hewa ʻo ia; he mea liʻiliʻi ia, ʻaʻohe mea nui. Akā iā Socorro, ke kiʻi pololei ʻana i kāna hana hāʻawi iā ia i kahi ʻano leʻaleʻa.

Hana kuʻu hoaaloha ʻo ʻIvana no ka loaʻa kālā ʻole ma ʻAlikona. No ka lōʻihi o koʻu ʻike iā ia, ua pōpilikia ʻo ia i ka hana. Manaʻo ʻo ia ua uku ʻia ʻo ia, a ʻo nā hoa hana i ʻoi aku ka mākaukau ma mua o ka loaʻa iā ia nā poʻo inoa a me nā kudos. "ʻO wau ʻo Mr. Cellophane," ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu ma hope o kāna ʻike ʻana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Chicago. “Me he mea lā ʻaʻohe oʻu.” A ua hoʻomau ʻo ia e ʻōlelo i nā huaʻōlelo a ke mele na John Kander lāua ʻo Fred Ebb:

Cellophane

ʻO Mister Cellophane
ʻO Shoulda koʻu inoa
ʻO Mister Cellophane
'E hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā pono ma oʻu nei
E hele pono ʻoe
A mai ʻike ma laila wau ...

I kēia mau lā, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi leka uila mai ʻIvana mai, a pono wau e hōʻoia ʻo ka mea maoli nō ia a ʻaʻole na haʻi nāna i hack kāna leka uila. Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia. ʻAʻohe mea i loli e pili ana i kāna hana. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻolaha a i ʻole inoa inoa maikaʻi. Ke hana nei ʻo ia i ka hana ma ka māla, a ua ʻike ʻo ia e hana ʻokoʻa ana i ka ola o nā poʻe. He mea nui kāna hana. ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i kāna ego, kona holomua, a i ʻole mahalo ʻia ʻo ia. Akā ua manaʻo nui ʻo ia he mea nui, a ua hoʻohuli ka ʻano i kāna hana mai ka wili ʻana i mea nui.

Ke namunamu kekahi kanaka no ka makemake ʻole iā ia a i kāna hana paha, ʻo ka pane maʻamau e nīnau inā makemake lākou e loaʻa kahi hana ʻē aʻe. Akā ʻo ka mea aʻu i aʻo ai i ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele, ma ka leka uila, mai kahi wahine hoʻomaʻemaʻe i koʻu hale, a mai kahi kalaiwa hoʻokele kaʻaahi diplomat i hōʻike iaʻu he mea nui paha ka neʻe ʻana o ke ʻano e like me ka loli o ka hana.

ʻO ia, manaʻo wau, kahi mea e noʻonoʻo ai.

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