Tag: Jacint Verdaguer

• February 23, 2026

  “Canigó:” Our translation of Verdaguer’s Catalan classic poem

  A extract of the epic in English Canigó (fragment) Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902) [Translated from Catalan by Brett Hetherington and Antoni Cardona]Of Romanesque altars there were no trace.Of the Byzantine cloister nothing remains:alabaster sculptures fell downand the candle is fading like a celestial bodythat in Canigó will never be lit again.Like two giants of a holy…