Vistes al mar
Joan Maragall
Joan Maragall
One by one, like virgins dancing,
the boats glide into the sea;
the
sails open like wings to the sun,
and move seaward on roads
no one else
knows.
Blue sky, blue sea; deserted strand
yellow with sun. . . The sea sings
into your ear
as you wait the return, in splendour,
at sunset, of the
first boat,
emerging aromatic from the sea.
Maragall, Joan. Enllà. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1989.
Traduït per Pearse Hutchinson
