BIG FALLA
"EMERGES FROM SCRATCH"
*Falles is the name of this Valencian festival.
In addition, it is the name of the associations that join the festival and of the monuments that they present each year and will be burned on March 19.
Faller/Fallera is the person who belongs to a Falla.
Casal is the place/house where the Falla (association) enjoys the party.
Faller artist is the person who creates the monuments of the Falles.
With pandemics, recession, unemployment,
the world turns and everything follows
and no matter how big the challenge
we will definitely recover.
With the sound of the lyre and the sea
the sailor is reunited
and will always find a lighthouse
that leads him to the right path.
Like a port, our lives
are a fleet of ships
and if you suffer from sadness,
be brave and come forth.
The eternal fire
As a metaphor of life,
the falles we will continue
even if work is
a brave thing.
We put out the fire with a hose
which has the strength of March
and beats like a heart
which knows its way around.
We put out fires
like a firefighting hero
and our criteria is
the strength of the winner.
And in our heads, remains the skeleton
of a dream that lasts a year
and so, little by little,
the party does not close with a key.
Workers of the falles world
Without artists there are no falles,
it is already well known,
it must be repeated many times
because there are stubborn people.
The artist is like a castaway
and always with difficulties,
a hymn to life
and creativity is made.
We need more reinforcement
for working people
like the fallers artists
who are the seeds of the flame.
A year of effort that culminates
with a job well done,
this is the life of an artist
and always with enthusiasm and excitement.
They get on our backs
We are a flock that graze
with our heads looking down
and there can be no fight
to devastate the defeat.
Electricity prices are skyrocketing
and gas is a luxury
and if you want to go by car
carry it on your shoulder first.
Food and clothing,
all in the name of inflation,
our money is not even enough
for a little bit of illusion anymore.
They only reduce salaries
and we cannot allow this.
What a world drowning in panic
if now we keep quiet and obey.
Pure nature
It must be the human spirit,
because it is misunderstood
how we neglet the environment
if life depends on it.
Our dirty sea
with our very own waste
we have to follow the correct path
because there are consequences.
Caring for the environment is the future
and the legacy we will leave,
we can always breathe fresh air
if we work hard, we can.
Climate change is here,
the seasons do not add up anymore
and the time is now
if we want a stable planet.
Struggles of all times
Like whaling
is the life of humans
and we lack any conscience
to be able to improve.
Fight for everything and everyone,
politics and a little civility,
we will have to find a place
where someone always loves us.
When elections come,
the struggles and the promises
are our downfall
and they stay with pure hands.
We will have to forget the waves
and always find a way
to be better people
and may our fates improve.
Possible monsters
Like mythological animals
we get lost in the game
and we lack magical elements
to undertake the escape.
The world seems like the apocalypse
with wars and cruelties
and we are going to go to more uneasiness
if we deny reality.
Let's fight together and justice
will be in our hand
because fictional life
makes no sense.
We love people
and life will win,
because good things
define humanity.
Author: José V. Sala
Translation to English: Gemma Fullana