I will stay until you come back
from that shadow that dives gropingly,
even if he grabs me by the tips of my beard
and comes a day that does not save me
from falling to the ground.
Even if God does not want it,
in the rain or in the sun,
I will be there.
When I’m so old and unable
I will also remain there,
even without desire,
I’ll stay until you come back
from the sweet death of your heart,
where wounds are sweetened
and no tears flow from the eyes,
I will be there
next to the window.

Montse Lopez Muley Abdhalha
(MUSSIA)

Translator’s note: original poem written in Catalan. Translated with the sole purpose of conveying its general meaning.

The attitude of firm serenity of the person shows the constancy and conviction of her waiting. There is a hope that something will be reborn, will come back from a kind exterior. Something deeply longed for, something worth seeing coming back in anticipation, so that she can already enjoy it from the precise moment when there is not even a speck on the horizon.

      I used a painterly look to make a sense of classical/time-free emotional feeling as the song describes deeply rooted “kind of” nostalgic essence.

                                                                                         Jordi Roca Zanuy