Clinking of boots on the sun-bathed tiles,
Laughing ringing across the wide avenues,
Gaudi’s architecture looking after the skyline,
Welcoming visitors without asking names.

The shining sun playing on the faces
Of many giggling children,
Racing each other,
Toward the beach.

The glistening and twinkling waves,
The adolescents playing in the smoldering sand
The sweet air,
The bold ocean’s dowry to the asphalt groom

From the coast to the streets,
The smell of fruits, fabric, and the noise of traffic,
Fashion boutiques, with their owners inside,
In their silent sanctuaries,
Patiently help tourists.

Others go to the Gothic quarter,
With its many spiraling towers like sentinels,
And mazes of narrow ways
Which had been patrolled by soldiers,
In the older days,

Now it is controlled by thousands of street performers
And secluded parks,
In which birds chirp,
And elders sit,
Under the shade of trees,
Whose branches calmly swing,
Under the gentle breeze.

As the busy day,
Comes to a close,
The sun hides behind the dark ocean,
Tourists go back to their hotels which smell of luxurious soap,
The Spaniards who have been waiting for this moment,
Slip down to the cafés
To find a few hour’s peace, an hour’s rest
With a soccer game,
Without a buzzing fly for a pest.