La Palabra del Día : la tristeza
la tristeza - (noun) sadness, sorrow; gloominess, dreariness, dullness
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Una sonrisa al día, mantiene alejado la tristeza
A smile a day, keeps the sadness away.
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Después de muchos años de estar casados, las parejas habrán experimentado mucha felicidad y tristeza.
After many years of being married, couples will have experienced much happiness and sadness.
I feel so much sadness when trees are destroyed.
Siento tanta tristeza cuando los árboles son destruidos..
Permítame poner esta canción de Luis Miguel, que trata de la palabra del día, Que Tristeza
Allow me to put this song here by Luis Miguel which deals with the word of the day. Tristeza!
(Intermediate to Advanced Spanish)
Nuestro amigo Alvite está siempre muy triste. Our friend Alive is always very sad.
"Aún una vida feliz no puede estar sin una medida de la oscuridad, y la palabra feliz perdería su significado si no estuviese equilibrada por la tristeza".
"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."
Carl Jung
¿Cómo saber qué es la felicidad sin saber la tristeza? How would you know what happiness is without knowing sadness?
War makes me sad.
La guerra me da tristeza.
I feel sad when I see suffering. me siento triste cuando veo sufrimiento.
La tristeza de un nido de pájaros abandonado lleno de nieve.
The sadness of a forsaken birds' nest filled with snow. 
Aquél que de piedra se yergue en el medio observa con tristeza los labios entrelazados de los amantes cobijados por el anonimato que brindan sus alas y su silencio.
He of stone that arises in the middle woefully observes the intertwined lips of the lovers sheltered by the anonymity brought by his wings and his silence.
Mas vale una triste sonrisa que la tristeza de no volver a sonreir.
Better a sad smile than the saddness of not smiling again.
Cada vez que sientas que la tristeza te persigue, déjala entrar a tu vida, que con ella aprenderás a ser fuerte.
Every time you feel that sadness is chasing you, let it enter your life, that with her you will learn to be strong.
No puedes impedir que las aves de la tristeza vuelen hacia ti, pero puedes impedir que aniden en tus cabellos.
( You can not prevent the birds of sadness flying towards you, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair. )
Esta foto me trae mucha tristeza.
This photo brings me much sadness.
La tristeza del otoño se muestra en las hojas caídas.
The sadness of autumn is shown in the fallen leaves.
"Había tristeza en la granja Elmira esa primavera."
"There was sadness at the Elmira farm that spring."
From Mark Twain's Letters, Vol. 2, page 508
