La Balanguera
La Balanguera (Catalan pronunciation: [lə bələŋˈɡeɾə]) is the official anthem of the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain.
The anthem is an adaptation of Joan Alcover i Maspons (1854–1926) poem based on an ancient and popular Majorcan children's song. The music is a work by the Catalan composer Amadeu Vives and in November 1996 the Consell Insular de Mallorca made it the anthem for the Island.
Lyrics
- La Balanguera (Catalan)
- La Balanguera misteriosa,
- com una aranya d'art subtil,
- buida que buida sa filosa,
- de nostra vida treu lo fil.
- Com una parca bé cavil·la
- teixint la tela per demà.
- Tornada:
- La Balanguera fila, fila,
- la Balanguera filarà.
- Girant l'ullada cap enrera
- guaita les ombres de l'avior,
- i de la nova primavera
- sap on s'amaga la llavor.
- Sap que la soca més s'enfila
- com més endins pot arrelar.
- Tornada
- De tradicions i d'esperances
- tix la senyera pel jovent
- com qui va un vel de noviances
- amb cabelleres d'or i argent
- de la infantesa qui s'enfila
- de la vellura qui se'n va.
- Tornada
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- The Balanguera (English translation)
- The mysterious Balanguera,
- like a spider of subtle art,
- empties, oh, empties her spinning wheel
- and pulls off the thread of our lives.
- Like a Parca she ponders well,
- weaving the cloth for tomorrow.
- Refrain:
- The Balanguera spins, spins,
- the Balanguera will spin.
- Turning her glance to the past
- she guards the shades of ancestry
- and of the new spring
- she knows where the seed is hidden.
- She knows that the vine-stock climbs up higher
- the deeper its roots can go.
- Refrain
- From traditions and from hopes
- she weaves the flag for the youth
- as one who prepares a wedding veil
- with hairs of gold and silver
- of the childhood that grews up
- of the old age who goes away.
- Refrain
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