The Cloaked Man
I got the idea for this post from Ale and all her nonsense about me being the King of Portugal. She is an American and surely unfamiliar with the fact that our current King is but a twat joke, so I didn't take that comment as an insult.
Instead it brought to mind an old legend immortalized by a memorable fado song: o Fado do Embuçado.
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Instead it brought to mind an old legend immortalized by a memorable fado song: o Fado do Embuçado.
| Noutro tempo a Fidalguia Que deu brado nas toiradas E andava p'la Mouraria Em muito palácio havia Descantes e Guitarradas A história que eu vou contar Contou-me certa velhinha Certa vez que eu fui cantar Ao salão de um Titular Lá para o Paço da Rainha E nesses salão doirado De ambiente Nobre e sério Para ouvir cantar o Fado Ia sempre um Embuçado Personagem de mistério. Mas certa noite ouve alguém Que lhe disse, erguendo a fala: - Embuçado, nota bem: Que hoje não fique ninguém Embuçado nesta sala! E ante a admiração geral Descobriu-se o Embuçado Era El-Rei de Portugal Houve beija-mão real E depois cantou-se o Fado | The Noble Peers of yore Who exulted in the bullfights And who strode the Moorish neighborhood In many palaces there was Decants and playing The story I’m about to tell Was told to me by an old Lady Once when I was singing At the hall of a Nobleman Near the Queen’s Palace And in that golden hall Of noble atmosphere To listen to the Fado A Cloaked Man was always present Character of mystery Then one night someone said To him, raising the voice: -Mind you Cloaked Man: Nobody shall stay today Cloaked in this room! For general astonishment The Cloaked Man revealed himself He was the King of Portugal People kissed his hand And then Fado was sung. |
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posted by DCveR at 6:31 PM
12 Comments:
tacit: First of all now that you all know our king is an idiot I resent that!
;)
This said, the answer to that is: never. Guess I am not one of the cool bloggers. Our privacy comes first, it is a question of personal choice, not that I think everybody should take this choice of course.
ehem... firstly i'm not an american - but i don't mind, for your purposes i might as well be-
secondly- i was trying to make fun of you by saying you're a king :) but never insulting- cos even if you're not a king, you're definitely the "boss"
ale: Not an American? Oh well, you got me fooled, then where are you from?
As for the making fun of me part, thanks, I had noticed that bit. Regarding the insult thingy, you'd probably never heard about our king, but no normal Portuguese guy would like to be likened to him... trust me on this one. :D
you gotta trust ale; her instincts are dead on when it comes to royalty.
How about a picture of the back of your head or something - you know, to give us the assurance that we're not dealing with some sort of computer-generated psuedo-personality, posing as a blogger.
Yes. The back of your head would be a good start, so commands the King of America.
cadiz: LOL
chill dad: I wouldn't follow my own king's orders! ;)
And how do you respond to the allegations that you are, in fact, not real person, but an experiment in artificial intelligence, designed to dupe dim-witted bloggers like me into believing they're interacting with an actual human being?
Because I'm really beginning to wonder >DCVER<, if that is indeed your real name.
chill daddy: With laughter. And if a photo of any Joe would suffice to prove to you I am a human, than my friend that photo would not prove me human, although it would surely prove you gullible. :D
Hmmm... I don't know 'any Joe', so yeah, it'd probably fool me.
chill dad: But now that you mention it, I guess if I were to take that question seriously the only way I could actually prove it would be through video conference, anything else could easily be forged.
I love a good fado! This post made my day :)
Oh, Chill Daddy's comments raise a good suggestion... I wonder how well you would fare in a Turing test...
Aww, darn, I thought you just couldn't wait to be king :-D
Just teasing you, Dcver. You're not king, you were a pharoah. Notice use of past tense.
Everybody knows where Ale is from :-)
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