ʻO ka lālā o kahi ʻohana bourgeois ma Barcelona, kahi a kahi kupuna kāne a me kahi ʻanakala i pena ʻia e like me kahi leʻaleʻa, ua ʻike ʻo Santiago Carbonell mai ka wā kamaliʻi e makemake ana e pena.
I ka wā i hōʻike aku ai ʻo Santiago liʻiliʻi i kēia i kona makuakāne, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pane maikaʻi: "Inā makemake ʻoe e lilo i mea kaha kiʻi, e hoʻopau mua ʻoe i ke kula a laila pena ʻoe, akā pono ʻoe e hana ia mea i mea e ola ai.
Ua hoʻomaka wau e hana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no kahi hale hōʻikeʻike ma Miami, akā pena nui wau i nā kahiki i West Texas, i ka wao nahele. Makemake au i ka ʻāina wao nahele, ʻaʻole naʻu ia ka mahi ʻāina akā ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui wau iā ia a hoʻomau wau i ka pena. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa kūpono e kono ʻia ai i Mekiko. Ua hele mai au no ʻumikūmālima mau lā, a hala nā mahina ʻekolu; E hele huakaʻi ana wau me kaʻu ʻūʻū e ʻike i ka ʻāina a aloha au iā ia a aloha wau, no ka mea ua manaʻo wau i ka home. Ua hoʻi wau i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noho hou ma laila, no laila ua lālau wau i kaʻu mau mea, ʻaʻole nui, a hoʻi. Ma Mexico City ua hui wau me Enrique lāua ʻo Carlos Beraha, nā mea nona kahi hale hōʻikeʻike nui, nā mea i haʻi mai iaʻu hoihoi lākou i kaʻu mau kiʻi pena; ʻAʻohe aʻu mau hoʻolālā a ma hea wau e noho ai, a ʻo ka mea hiki wale mai kahi hoaaloha nona ka hale hakahaka ma Querétaro i haʻi mai iaʻu inā makemake wau e hele i ka pena ma laila, a ua noho wau ma laila mai ia manawa mai. Ua noho wau a manaʻo e like me ka hānai ʻia e ka poʻe, a ua lawe wau i kēia ʻāina, no ka mea, ke manaʻo nei wau i ka hapa Sepania a me ka hapa Mekiko.
Ua like ka pena ʻana me ka kuke ʻana, hana ʻia me ke aloha, me ka mālama a me ke ahonui. Makemake au i nā kiʻi pena waena a me ka nui. Paʻi lohi wau, lawe wau iaʻu ma kahi o ʻelua mau mahina e hoʻopau i kahi kiʻi pena. Hoʻolālā pono wau i ka pena ʻana mai kinohi mai, noʻonoʻo e pili ana iā ia i kāna kikoʻī āpau a mai kuhi hewa. Manaʻo wau pehea e pau ai a ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe wahi no ka hoʻololi a mihi paha.
I ka nānā mua ʻana he mea pena kiʻi maoli ʻo Carbonell, i hoʻohuli ʻia e ka pena aloha a me neoclassical o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa, nāna i hāpai i ka pīhoihoi me nā kikoʻī i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. Hōʻalo ʻo ia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lole e uhi a wehe ai i kona mau hiʻohiʻona wahine, e lana ana i mua o kahi ʻāina o ka pā o Mexico; i ka palupalu o ka lole a me ka ʻili, kūʻē ʻo Santiago i ka paʻakikī o ka honua, ka pōhaku a me ka ʻiliʻili, i kūkulu ʻia e ka palupalu o kahi kukui e kokoke ana e make.
Makemake nui au i ka hilinaʻi o ka hakahaka a me ka manawa. Lawe i nā mea i waho o kā lākou pōʻaiapili a hoʻokomo iā lākou i nā pōʻaiapili ʻokoʻa e hōʻeleu i ka ʻike, i ʻole e noho passive ka mea nānā ma mua o ka pena ʻana a ʻimi i kāna wehewehe me ka wikiwiki i ka manaʻo. ʻAʻole wau makemake e hana i nā kiʻi paʻi; ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pena ʻana i nā kiʻi, ʻo kaʻu makemake ka pena ʻana. ʻAʻole leʻaleʻa ka pena ʻana iaʻu, he ʻeha ia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoluʻolu wau e pena i ke kiʻi wahine ma mua o ke kīʻaha.
No ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mālie a me ka ʻōlelo mālie, hōʻike ʻo Santiago iā mākou i ka māla o kona hale a ma kahi mamao aku ka ʻāina ʻo Queretaro, e ʻike nei i kahi mamao. I kāna hana pōkole ma ke ʻano he mea pena, ua loaʻa ʻo Carbonell i ka mahalo nui ʻia a me ka ʻike ʻia mai nā ʻohiʻohi. Ua ukali ʻia nā hōʻike pūʻulu e kēlā me kēia mea ma Mekiko, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa, a ua kūkālā ʻia kekahi o kāna mau hana ma Nu Ioka. Eia nō naʻe, makemake ʻo Carbonell e hoʻomaha e noʻonoʻo a puka i waho o ke kahua hōʻikeʻike no kekahi manawa: makemake wau e pena a mālama i kaʻu mau kiʻi pena, hana i kahi hōʻiliʻili o kaʻu hana a manaʻo ʻole ʻia e ka koi a ka poʻe kūʻai.
Punawai: Aeroméxico Tips No. 18 Querétaro / hoʻoilo 2000
