IN SANTANYÍ, FROM THE DIASPORA

 

Santanyí, land of bread

barley and wheat,

where words become lament

when rain is absent. Clear sky,

 

austral land, pine trees

and blue sea, the same

that blankets Africa and leaves

sea trails on the sand.

 

Like them, pilgrims in a vessel,

weyour sons seek the horizon

when we leave your enclave.

 

That, far and wide, your name bonfire

innermay it be, Lamb of Peace,

to warm our hearts.

Florilegi de poemes a Santanyí. Pregó de les Festes de Sant Jaume (Anthology of poems in Santanyí. The announcer of the Fiestas of Sant Jaume), 1994

Translated by Núria Cohen.

(Santanyí, 1936). Llorenç Vidal Vidal is a poet, educator and a well-known peace activist who has undertaken pedagogical projects related to peace.He gained a degree and PhD in Philosophy and Arts, set out to write his literary notebooks entitled Ponent in 1956, a Mallorcan literary magazine and spokesperson for the Non-violence and Peace Day in schools. His poetic oeuvre includes El cant de la balalaika (1958), Talaiot del vent (1965) or La rosa de los vientos (2012).