Bales de Palla

Straw Bales

Bales de Palla

What do you see in those clouds? What do they tell you? What do they draw?Què hi veus en aquets núvols? Que te diuen? Què dibuixen?
It's as if a witch has bewitched me!És com si una bruixa m'hagués embruixat!
Almond trees that bloom, painting everything white andAmetllers que treuen sa flor, pinten tot de blanc i
purple...but...wake up! they are ephemeral flowers, and the windlila...pero..espavila! que són flor efímera, i es vent
will take them away....se'ls endurà....
And the landscape transports me, and urges me not toI es paisatge me transporta, i m'exhorta que no el deixi
stop looking at it....de mirar....

And from the sky I see fields like colorful pieces,I des del cel veig sembrats com fitxes de colors,
And spots that are straw bales.I taques que són bales de palla.
All framed in blue, the sea, of course!Tot emmarcat dins blau, la mar, com no!
Mediterranean island like no other..Illa mediterrània com ninguna..
And I realize that I can't find anything better.I me passa que ja no hi trob res millor.
Far from home, I've learned to appreciate it.Lluny de casa he après a apreciar-ho.
Four islands where the sea is no barrier,Quatre illes on la mar no és cap barrera,
that was, and they were not, the Balearic Islands.això era, i no eren, ses Balears.

Flanked by two beautiful Pityuses and a Menorca.Flanquejat per dues hermoses Pitiüses i una Menorca.
Mallorca crowns, sunny archipelagocorona Mallorca, arxipèlag solejat
And proudly the islets that guard them raise their heads:I orgullosos treuen es pit els illots que les custodien:
Sa Conillera, Sa Dragonera and also S'Espalmador.Sa Conillera, Sa Dragonera i també S'Espalmador.
And what a smell of village chimneys, of noble spirit.I quina olor de ximenees de poble, d'esperit noble.
Of heritage from tomorrow.D'herència des demà.

And from the sky I see fields like colorful pieces,I des del cel veig sembrats com fitxes de colors,
And spots that are straw bales.I taques que són bales de palla.
All framed in blue, the sea, of course!Tot emmarcat dins blau, la mar, com no!
Mediterranean island like no other..Illa mediterrània com ninguna..
And I realize that I can't find anything better.I me passa que ja no hi trob res millor.
Far from home, I've learned to appreciate it.Lluny de casa he après a apreciar-ho.
Four islands where the sea is no barrier,Quatre illes on la mar no és cap barrera,
that was, and they were not, the Balearic Islands.això era, i no eren, Ses Balears.