La Balanguera (Catalan)

La Balanguera misteriosa,

com una aranya d'art subtil,

buida que buida sa filosa,

de nostra vida treu lo fil.

Com una parca bé cavil·la

teixint la tela per demà.

Tornada:

;La Balanguera fila, fila,

;la Balanguera filarà.

Girant l'ullada cap enrera

guaita les ombres de l'avior,

i de la nova primavera

sap on s'amaga la llavor.

Sap que la soca més s'enfila

com més endins pot arrelar.

Tornada

De tradicions i d'esperances

tix la senyera pel jovent

com qui va un vel de noviances

amb cabelleres d'or i argent

de la infantesa qui s'enfila

de la vellura qui se'n va.

Tornada

The Balanguera (English translation)

The mysterious Balanguera,

like a spider of subtle art,

empties, oh, empties her spinning wheel

and pulls off the thread of our lives.

Like a Parca she ponders well,

weaving the cloth for tomorrow.

Refrain:

;The Balanguera spins, spins,

;the Balanguera will spin.

Turning her glance to the past

she guards the shades of ancestry

and of the new spring

she knows where the seed is hidden.

She knows that the vine-stock climbs up higher

the deeper its roots can go.

Refrain

From traditions and from hopes

she weaves the flag for the youth

as one who prepares a wedding veil

with hairs of gold and silver

of the childhood that grews up

of the old age who goes away.

Refrain