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by Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845 - 1902)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Balada de Mallorca
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Catalan (Català) 
A la vora-vora del mar on vigila
omplia una verge son cànter d'argila,
mirant-se en la font.

Son peu de petxina rellisca en la molsa
i a trossos lo cànter s'enfonsa rodolant;
del plor que ella feia, la mar, que era dolça,
tornava amargant.

No és molt si sospira quan veu les esberles
del canteret d'or!

La mar de'n dolia; les pren en sa falda,
i al maig, per plantar-hi, demana un roser;

Per bres la conquilla de Venus los dóna,
i al maig, per plantar-hi, demana un roser;

Tres eren los testos, tres foren les illes;
les illes en flor del mar!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Catalan (Català) by Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845 - 1902) [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946), "Balada de Mallorca", published 1933. [mixed chorus] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Tinelot Wittermans

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 103

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