[getoj]

Venezuelan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, who grew up around these glaciers, wrote a poignant lament[1] in anticipation of this day. The gist is that at this point the only thing to do is to grieve for the world we have already lost. I don't think there's anything else to say.

Y cuando el momento llegue, honremos nuestras heridas / Celebremos la belleza que se aleja hacia otras vidas / Y aunque la pena nos hiera, que no nos desampare / Y que encontremos la manera de despedir a los glaciares

(When the moment comes, let us honor our wounds / celebrate the beauty that goes off to other lives / and although the sorrow stings, I hope it will remain / and that we find a way to say goodbye to the glaciers)

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNsFF_eaXBU

[brezelgoring]

Hi! Jorge Drexler is not Venezuelan but from Uruguay [1].

I should know, I'm from there as well and he is one of our few cultural exports aside from Football.

[1] - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Drexler

[getoj]

You're right of course - I realized my mistake several hours later, but much too late to edit...

→ Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, who grew up around some other glaciers

[jaimebuelta]

Not to take away the poetry, but Jorge Drexler is from Uruguay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Drexler

[nullwriter]

In a way, I'm happy its not Venezuela. Although still sad that this is happening

[swayvil]

Jorge is one hard-hitting poet. Dang.

[Tao3300]

> the only thing to do is to grieve for the world we have already lost

Tears won't put a glacier back.