Love Mid-20th Century Style - September 1940

As I continue my Summer project of cataloguing the beautiful love and family of my grandparents, I came upon this new letter from my grandfather Antonio to my grandma that I wanted to share, and her telegram response. In 1940, a few years before Harvard and their first visit to the US they would have been in their late teens/early twenties.

Antonio Gomariz, September 2^nd, 1940

“Debo tenerte pronto”

No puedo vivir sin ti.

Mi Corazon esta triste cuando tu estas lejos.

Te amo.

Mi Corazon late furiosamente cuando te ve y es incapaz de mover la sangre de mis venas cuando estas lejos de el.

La unica cosa que me agrada aparte de ti es recordarte!

“I must have you soon”

I cannot live without you.

My heart is sad when you’re far.

I love you.

My heart beats furiously when it sees you and is unable to even move the blood within my veins when you’re far from it.

The only thing I love aside from you is remembering you!

________________________

Ethel Barres, September 6^th, 1940 (Via Telegram)

Mi alma:

Recordandote paso deliciosas horas.

Pues horas y horas es lo que estas conmigo

Te adoro negro mio entranablemente; con alma y razon.

Tu amor es lo mas preciado y precioso de mi vida interior.

Recordarte es para mi dulzura y dicha.

My soul:

I spend delicious hours remembering you,

Hours upon hours you are with me here,

I adore you my endearing, enduring love: with soul and reason

Your love is that most precious and prized within me.

Remembering you is sweetness and sanity.