Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Octavio Paz ʻo Moreno Villa "kahi haku mele, pena kiʻi, a me nā loea loea: ʻekolu mau ʻēheu a me hoʻokahi ʻano o ka manu ʻōmaʻomaʻo."
Ua kākau ʻo Alfonso Reyes i ko mākou mea huakaʻi i noho ma "kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe ... me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i lanakila i ka nohona kamaʻāina ma kā lākou kuleana ponoʻī i ka mōʻaukala noʻonoʻo o Mexico ... ʻAʻole hiki ke nānā i kāna mau puke me ka hoʻowalewale ʻole ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi koke iā ia". ʻO kahi ʻāpana o kēlā kahawai neʻe Sepania i haʻalele iā Francoism a hoʻi mai e puʻuhonua i Mekiko, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo José Moreno Villa (1887-1955) mai Malaga mai. Mai kahi ʻohana hana waina, me ke aʻo ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻenekinia kemikala, ua waiho ʻo ia i nā mea āpau no nā leka a me ke pena ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻenehana palekiko ka lua o nā palapala. Republican a anti-fascist, ua hele mai ʻo ia i ko mākou ʻāina i 1937 a he kumu ma El Colegio de México. ʻO kahi polygraph maoli, hana ʻo ia i ka mele, ka hana keaka, ka hoʻohewa a me ka mōʻaukala, ka puke pai a me nā moʻolelo. Hoʻolālā lākou i kāna mau kaha kiʻi a me nā lithographs a hoʻokaʻawale i nā hana noʻeau a me nā puke kahiko i mālama ʻole ʻia i loko o nā hale o ka hale pule nui. ʻO kāna puke ʻo Cornucopia de México e hōʻiliʻili i nā hana like ʻole a paʻi ʻia ma 1940.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Octavio Paz ʻo Moreno Villa "he haku mele, he mea pena a me ka mea loea loea: ʻekolu mau ʻēheu a me hoʻokahi ʻano o ka manu ʻōmaʻomaʻo." Ua kākau ʻo Alfonso Reyes i ko mākou mea huakaʻi i noho ma "kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe ... me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i lanakila i ka nohona kamaʻāina ma kā lākou kuleana ponoʻī i ka mōʻaukala noʻonoʻo o Mexico ... ʻAʻole hiki ke nānā i kāna mau puke me ka hoʻowalewale ʻole ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi koke iā ia".
Ma ke kapikala o ka ʻāina ua hui ʻo Moreno Villa i kekahi o nā hōʻike momona a lahilahi hoʻi o nā kuʻuna kaulana; "Ua holo mākou iā ia. kāne manu laki. ka pā kolu, kahi i loaʻa iā ia kāna mau manu i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻekolu, kūpono i kiʻi no ka mea ʻo kona ʻano, ke kala a me nā kāhiko o kahi Mekiko ʻoi loa. ʻO kēia pā, pena ʻia ka melemele melemele, kahi ʻāpana lako rococo liʻiliʻi, kahi hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni me kahi hoʻolālā kū hoʻokahi, ua uhi ʻia me kāna pale velvet liʻiliʻi ... "
Ma ka mākeke Sonora o La Merced ma ke kapitala, ua pūʻiwa ka mea kākau i ka yerberas a me kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna: hiki i kekahi ke moeʻuhane, a me kekahi chameleon ola, kekahi mau peʻa ʻōpeʻapeʻa a me kekahi mau pepeiaohao kao ”.
Ua leʻaleʻa ka mea huakaʻi i kekahi o ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale nani loa: ʻO nā inoa o nā alanui a me nā pā, nā waihoʻoluʻu a me nā kinona o nā hale, ke keʻehana, ke kukui, nā hakahaka, ka haiki, ka maʻemaʻe, nā wili a me nā huli, ke kahaha, nā ʻala, ka ipu pua a me ka hele mālie. ʻO ka poʻe ponoʻī.
Ua ʻike wau i kēlā ʻelemakule e noho ana ma luna o kahi keʻena ma ka pā hāmau ma ʻEcija, ma Ronda, ma Toledo. Makemake wau e nīnau iā ʻoe e pili ana iā Rosarito, Carmela a i ʻole ka ʻohi ʻoliva. ʻAʻole ia puhi i ka paka, akā ʻeleʻele. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia ma ke alanui, akā i ka pā o kona hale. Hui i kēlā me kēia mea hele. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā manu e kū i ka lāʻau pili ”.
Ma Puebla, hoʻohālikelike ka Spaniard kaulana i ka hoʻolālā o ia kūlanakauhale: "ʻOi aku ka ʻono o ka tile Poblano ma mua o ka Sevillian. ʻAʻole huhū ʻo ia a kūpilikiʻi paha. ʻAʻole kēia e luhi. ʻIke pū ʻo Puebla pehea e hoʻohui ai i kēia mea hoʻonaninani ma nā alo baroque me nā ʻulaʻula a me keʻokeʻo nui ... ”.
A e pili ana i nā ʻuala e aʻo ai mākou i kekahi mea: “Ua ʻike wau i kēia mau mea ʻono mai koʻu wā liʻiliʻi ma Malaga. Ma Malaga ua kapa ʻia lākou he ʻalalapa ʻuala momona. ʻAʻole lōʻihi lākou, a i ʻole nā ʻono ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻono lemona wale nō ka mea i hoʻohui ʻia i ka ʻuala ma laila. Akā ʻaʻole kēia e hoʻokaʻawale i ke kumu… ”.
Ua huakaʻi ʻo Moreno Villa i nā wahi he nui ma Mekiko a ʻaʻole kū mālie kāna peni. ʻAʻoleʻike ākea ka etymology o kēia toponymy: "Aia wau ma Guadalajara? ʻAʻole anei he moeʻuhane? ʻO ka mea mua, he inoa ʻAlapia ʻo Guadalajara, a no laila ma waho o kahi. ʻO Wad-al-hajarah ke ʻano o ke awāwa o nā pōhaku. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe kahi e noho ai ke kūlanakauhale Sepania. Kāhea ʻia ʻo ia, a laila, e like me kēlā no kekahi mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o kahi whim, no kekahi mea kūlohelohe a koʻikoʻi. Ma kahi e, noho kēia Guadalajara ma Mekiko ma nā ʻāina palupalu, pālahalaha a waiwai.
ʻAʻole pili ka hoihoi o Moreno Villa i ka pili kaiāulu, ma ke ʻano he naʻauao maikaʻi ʻo ia: “ʻO Pulque kona luakini, pulqueria, kahi mea i loaʻa ʻole iā mezcal a me tequila. ʻO ka pulqueria ka hale inu i loea i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pulque, a ʻo nā mea ʻona wale nō o ka papa haʻahaʻa e komo i ka pulqueria. Huli, a laila; he heiau e koho ai i kahi koho ʻē aʻe ... Ke hōʻea ʻoe i ka ʻāina ua aʻo aku lākou iā ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe e makemake (i kēlā inu) ... ʻO ka mea ʻo kaʻu i inu ai me ke akahele a me he mea lā ʻaʻole koa a wiwo ʻole paha ia. Akā, ʻono ʻia e like me ka soda maikaʻi ”.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea pūʻiwa nui no nā haole e kipa mai i ko mākou ʻāina i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ke poʻo inoa o kēia ʻatikala na Moreno Villa: ʻO ka make ma ke ʻano he mea nui ʻole: poʻe liʻiliʻi. I nehinei ua ala lākou iaʻu me kahi pan de muerto i kapa ʻia i hiki iaʻu ke ʻaina kakahiaka. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole iaʻu, ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka pōpō ua kipi au i ka inoa. Aia ma Sepania ka hoʻolauleʻa o ka poʻe make, akā ʻo ka mea ʻole i laila ka leʻaleʻa me ka make ... ʻeleʻele ... Ke kākoʻo nei nā pēpē macabre iā lākou ma ka lauoho o ka wahine e hūnā ʻia mai ke kuli a ke kuli ”.
