There are words that are the delight of love, verses that give voice to the spirit, and music that opens the doors to mystery. This concert-recital invites us on a journey through the landscapes of the soul, from the shores of al-Andalus to the mountains of India, from the gardens of Persia to the medieval monasteries of Europe.

Guided by the poet Manuel Forcano, who gives voice in Catalan to some of the great mystics of East and West — Hafez, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn Gabirol, al-Hallaj, Kabir, Lal Ded, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, Hadewijch of Antwerp and Mechthild of Magdeburg — poetic language becomes a bridge between cultures, languages and spiritual traditions.

The Efrén López Ensemble weaves a soundscape of ancient roots and distant echoes around these words: Efrén López, playing the oud, baglama, ogur sazi, dede sazi, Afghan rabab and Herati dutar; Veka Aler, on vocals; and Arslan Hazreti, playing the Azerbaijani kamancheh, evoke timbres and melodies that reach us from poets in love with God and temples beyond time.

An encounter between poetry and music, between the visible and the invisible, between the word that seeks and the sound that reveals. For ultimately, all mystical traditions share the same longing: to find, through poetry and music, a path towards the infinity that lies within us all.