Poema

L'arbre de la llengua
Manuel Tosca

Each paragraph has been written in one of the main dialects of the Catalan tongue.

A tree as an image of diversity in unity.


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I think...
(El Principat)
 
No wind will bend it
the sturdy trunk
of the millenium tree
Deep are its roots.
     
I think...
(L'Alguer)
  In between its branches
let the ancient sound
of this talk let it sing
Our identity.
     
I think...
(El Rosselló)
  Let the words, like arpegios
fly always higher
let the eco bring them back
With the most beautiful accents.
     
I think...
(País Valencià)
 

And let the people find again
the talk of the forefathers,
and let the young boy hear in it
The voice of tomorrow.

     
I think...
(La Franja de Ponent)
  In the sunset lands
the tree is also in bloom;
the blooms will become almonds
Of ancient tastes.
     
I think...
(Les Illes)
  Let us pick every fruit
from the tree of language.
diverse are its branches
but the trunk is but one!
     
   
Translated by: Helena Company