Que cāest triste Venise
Le soir sur la lagune
Quand on cherche une main
Que lāon ne vous tend pas
Et que lāon ironise
Devant le clair de lune
Pour tenter dāoublier
Ce que lāon ne se dit pas
Chasing Enrosadira š¹
Long ago, in the heart of the Dolomites, there lived King Laurin, ruler of a hidden realm beneath the mountains. His pride was a secret garden ā a vast field of roses that glowed red and gold under the sun. It was said that no place in the world was more beautiful than Laurinās Rosengarten, the Garden of Roses.
One day, a human prince crossed the mountains and fell in love with Similde, a princess whom Laurin also adored. The prince stole her away, and in a fit of fury, Laurin donned his cloak of invisibility and rode to take revenge. But the men saw the roses move as he passed, and they captured him.
Defeated and humiliated, Laurin turned to his beloved garden one last time and spoke a curse:
āNo one shall ever see my roses again ā not by day, nor by night!ā
Yet in his rage, he forgot the hours between day and night ā the twilight.
And so, ever since, when the sun rises or sinks behind the peaks, the mountains still blush with the colour of Laurinās lost roses.
That glow ā pink, fiery, fleeting ā is called the Enrosadira:
the eternal memory of love, beauty, and pride turned into light.
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