FORMENTOR

 

Here, where Costa passed,

looked, felt, said...

between the hard pine that he envied,

the cove that smiled at him.

Here, the snout looking

to Catalonia, and to the island

the legend is moving away

and the landscape adorned.

 

With dreams of the sea and Lazio

and the stars of the high night.

A piece of the heart towards Horacio

and up for everything that we lack.

 

Here, a speech, a land,

humble hearts, auspicious autumn

forest where first April errs

and it is then cold caress.

Here, majesty, greatness

where the verse the flight rose

of all unharmed dark voice

the most bluish serenity.

 

Here, where Costa passed...

“Formentor” in Papeles de Son Armadans, 1959

Translated by Carlota Oliva.

(Eivissa, 1913 - 2002). Marià Villangómez was a poet, translator, essayist and playwright. He was awarded the Prize of Honour of the Catalan Letters in 1989 and is one of the most acclaimed authors of Ibiza. His poetic works depict and lend an insightinto the landscape, land, history, culture and language. He is the author of books of poems including Elegies i paisatges (1948), Sonets de Balansat (1956) and Declarat amb el vent (1963) among others.