The Pine of Formentor

[1] Miquel Costa i Llobera wrote the poem in Catalan language in 1875, during his first period of production, when he was only 21 years old.

[2] To compose it, the poet took inspiration from the majestic landscapes and visions of the pine trees rooted in the cliffs of the Formentor peninsula on Mallorca island.

The landscape of Formentor portrayed by Costa i Llobera is real, whilst being a symbol of the Mediterranean.

The same first stanza reads: Hay en mi tierra un árbol que el corazón venera: de cedro es su ramaje, de césped su verdor; anida entre sus hojas perenne primavera, y arrostra los turbiones que azotan la ribera, añoso luchador.

16 - Songs of Mallorca, English composer Derek Bourgeois named the first movement The Pine of Formentor.

Lo pi de Formentor , from the 1885 edition of the book Poesies .
Statue paying tribute to the poem in Montjuic , Barcelona
Formentor beach and its pine trees