Hayet Ben Bada:
Algerian interpreter, translator and teacher.
There were many things in September, sweet and tender. Something like love, something like adventure. Something like childhood, something like the rain, like the water.
This passage is ‘poetic and impressionistic’.
It’s saying that in September, feelings and images overlap—’tenderness, romance, excitement, innocence, and natural elements’ (rain/water) all blend together.
– “sweet and tender”:
→ gentle emotions
– “something like love/adventure/childhood”
→ September evokes multiple “states of mind”
– “like the rain, like the water”
→ the season’s atmosphere is flowing, soft, and reflective—possibly nostalgic.
đź“š Origin & Author:
I can’t confirm the ‘exact origin/author’ from this excerpt alone. The wording is commonly quoted online, but multiple sites repost similar lines and I don’t have enough certainty to name a specific author without risking a wrong attribution.
