Un cavallo bianco ... via da qui ci porterà

Żiemel abjad fil-Wied tan-Nadur, Għawdex

Sibt dar-ritratt li ħadt f'Novembru li għadda waqt żjara ta' 12-il siegħa Għawdex. Affaxxinajt ruħi bil-pajsaġġ. Ngħid id-dritt bilkemm stajt nemmen lil għajnejja għax f'pajjiżi rqajja' mingħajr toroq, bla karozzi pparkjati fuq iż-żewġ naħat eċċetra huma rarità. Kważi surreali; l-aktar iż-żiemel l-abjad li minnufih fakkarni fil-kanzunetta li l-Matia Bazar kienu ħarġu fl-1976, Cavallo Bianco, l-aktar il-versi: Un cavallo bianco, bianco come un velo, /via da qui ci porterà.

F'dawn l-aħħar jiem iltqajt ma' tliet emigranti Maltin li rritornaw lejn il-Blata għal btala. L-ewwel iltqajt ma' Toni Sant, li ġie s'għandi Sibt minnhom u qgħadna naraw il-lejla finali ta' Sanremo u kilna l-kuskus bil-bżar aħmar jaħraq u xrobna l-grogg li nħobb nagħmel fil-lejliet xitwin.

Iltqajt ukoll ma' Sharon li magħha ddiskutejt proġett li mhux se nagħti dettalji tiegħu issa ... aktar 'il quddiem.

Dalgħodu nsib messaġġ irrekordjat fuq it-telefown: Feltrinelli jħabbarli l-wasla tiegħu Malta. Ċempiltlu minnufih u ġie għall-ikla ta' nofisnhar (vitella li xwejtha żżejjed, tadam, ross ismar bil-ful, bil-piżelli, bil-ħabaq, bil-ġobon u b'alla biss jaf x'aktar. Feltrinelli xorob 2 bottijiet Cisk u kiel madwar 200g ġobon tal-qoxra ħamra, kif ukoll pejjep 2 Silk Cuts fil-gallerija għax issa t-tipjip fid-dar ġie pprojbit.)

Tieħu gost tiltaqa' ma' ħbieb li s-soltu tikkuntattja bil-posta elettronika jew bl-Iskype. U tassew interessanti taqra l-posts li fihom irrappurtaw l-esperjenzi tal-miġja tagħhom f'Malta. Tasal ukoll tiggustahom bil-kummenti sbieħ li jagħtu lill-Blata u lill-Blatin (?), kummenti li x'aktarx saru l-aktar għax dawn it-talin qalbu t-tletin. Pereżempju dan il-kumment ta' Toni Sant kważi jqabbiżlek demgħa:

Instead of turning this blog into a moaning gripe (so no one can scream "sour grapes" at me!) I prefer to cherish the beautiful moments I experienced during the last couple of weeks. In essence, I am very pleased to have met a handful of people I treasure as the warmest and/or most interesting people in Malta I've had the opportunity of meeting during my lifetime.

Jew dan ta' Feltrinelli:

Il-bidla u r-Rebbiegħa baqagħlhom, jekk għad jiġu, u allura nikkuntenta lili nnifsi bis-sbuħija eterna ta’ dan il-pajjiż li l-ebda kuntrattur żaqq ħara jew gvern korrott ma jista’ joqtol: id-dawl tax-xemx, il-baħar, u l-aċċessorji romantiċi kollha li jagħmlu ‘l pajjiżna dak li hu.

Ir-rimenixxenzi ta' Sharon jieħdu forom kulinarji:

Today I was invited to lunch with friends in Mqabba. Lunch was a barbecue and I chose to taste Maltese sausage for the first time! It wasn't strictly the first time, I had had it once or twice previously with pasta but this time I actually had the whole thing plonked on my plate with lots of tomatoes in olive oil and a large baked potato. There were also chicken legs basted in some secret recipe (because I never found out what the dripping actually was) but I was too full to attempt any. Lunch being a thoroughly friendly affair, we planned to meet at 12.30, I turned up at 2 and we were at table till 7. For tea we had kannoli tal-irkotta and sfinec (zeppoli). I refused the wine because I needed a break after two days running of the free-flowing stuff. I'm out of practice!

Jacques Renè Zammit, li twieled fis-sena tal-Fenek, jiftaħ l-aħħar post hekk:

Tomorrow I will reluctantly leave the Maltese Islands. Much more reluctantly than usual. I had a distant forebodeing that this would happen as I stepped off the plane almost seven days ago. The first sniff of Mediterrenean air was of the kind that makes you fall in love with the place all over again. The smell stayed throughout and its pulling factor was immensely improved by the good company, good wine and good fun to be had on the rock.

Kemm huma ħelwin dawn il-bloggs. Għal xi raġuni jew oħra, iżda, ma nistax inħoss l-istess romantiċiżmu. Wisq probabbli għax kuntrarju għal dawn il-bloggers emigranti Maltin jien ma ltqajtx maż-żiemel l-abjad li kien qed jistennieni biex jeħodni 'l hemm. Iżda l-bieraħ, waqt il-lejla letterarja li saret bħala parti mil-laqgħa trijennali ta' l-EACLALS, improvizzajt introduzzjoni qabel qrajt xi poeżiji li ktibt il-Polonja u s-Slovakkja, u ssorprendejt lili nnifsi meta għidt: bħala poeta-vjaġġatur, infittex l-innifsi fl-ieħor.