"" () is the official anthem of the Balearic island of Mallorca, Spain. It is based on a poem by Joan Alcover i Maspons about an ancient Mallorcan children's song. The music is a work by Catalan composer Amadeu Vives, and in November 1996 the Consell Insular de Mallorca made it the anthem for the Island.
Lyrics Catalan originalBalearic Catalan IPASpanish translationEnglish translationI O mysterious Balanguera, like a spider of fine art, her spinning wheel emptieth and off our lives it pulleth. 𝄆 Like a Parca she pondereth, and seweth well tomorrow’s cloth. The Balanguera spinneth, spinneth and the Balanguera shall spin. 𝄇
II Her glimpse to the past she turneth, O’er shades of ancestry she watcheth, and of the new spring she owneth; Of the seed’s cover she knoweth. 𝄆 She knoweth that the stump higher climbeth, the deeper its roots can go. The Balanguera spinneth, spinneth and the Balanguera shall spin. 𝄇
III From traditions and from hopes The flag for the youth she weaveth as one who a wedding veil prepareth with hairs of gold and silver 𝄆 of the cradle that groweth of the old age that departeth. The Balanguera spinneth, spinneth and the Balanguera shall spin. 𝄇
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