Lluna de pau
Picap, 2003
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The single Lluna de pau is a live recording of the songs Un exèrcit, by Jordi Guardans and Què volen aquesta gent?, and also included the poem by Maria del Mar Bonet Lluna de Pau during the concert Caloma which was performed in the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in March of 2003. This single was issued in benefit of the victims of the Iraq war.
Lluna de pau
Lluna de pau, germana dels estels,
viatgera tranquil·la dels espais infinits,
tu que has obert la porta dels abismes,
mirall nocturn de la llum fosca del sol.
Lluna de pau, de la casa de cendres
enmig del cel, enmig de l’univers,
que saps parlar el llenguatge dels astres,
que fas el cant del silenci absolut.
Lluna de pau, coloma d’ales negres,
si et crido lluny, acudeixes a mi
enmig de l’ombra, amb les crineres blanques
a cavall sempre de la llum i del vent.
Lluna de pau, vestida d’oliveres,
en quart creixent, enmig dels tarongers,
la que es condorm a l’entrecuix de les dunes
i reneix a la platja, entre pins i xiprers.
Lluna de pau, aparta’ns de la ira,
de la desesperança, que no les trobem mai,
del desamor, de l’última venjança.
Lluna de pau, fes peu a casa nostra,
no ens abandonis mai.
Maria del Mar Bonet
Moon of peace, sister of the stars,
quiet traveller of infinite spaces,
you who have opened the door of the abysses,
night mirror of the dark light of the sun.
Moon of peace, of the house of ashes
amid the sky, amid the universe,
who knows how to speak the language of the stars,
who sings the song of total silence.
Moon of peace, dove of black wings,
if I call you from afar, you come to me
amid the shadows, with the white manes
on horseback always of light and wind.
Moon of peace, dressed in olive trees,
in crescent, amid the orange trees,
which drifts into sleep in the valley of the dunes
and awakens on the beach, between pines and cypresses.
Moon of peace, remove us from wrath,
from desperation, may it never find us,
from coldness, from ultimate vengeance.
Moon of peace, step into our home,
never abandon us.