I've just come across the Portuguese word "Saudade". The Wikipedia entry states that:
"It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return."
Apparently it is no precise translation but it also appears that many languages have a similar concept, perhaps the closest being the Welsh term "Hiraeth".
An echo a time before the Fall, maybe.
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