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Hiel · Sips of Gall — cover

M A R T Í N   Z A R A M Á N

A bilingual poetry collection.

A pilgrim bird,
nesting among your fears.

In every verse of Hiel beats the wound of love and the light of hope. A collection that bares the intimacy of what has been lived, where absence becomes memory and pain turns into song. Twenty-four poems in Spanish, with their English translation on the facing page.

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Spreads

A few spreads. English on the left, Spanish on the right.

Hiel · I · Herida y traición / Wound and betrayal
I · Wound and betrayal
Hiel · II · Nostalgia y ausencia / Longing and absence
II · Longing and absence
Hiel · Luz de mi sombra / Light of my shadow
Light of my shadow
Hiel · Aroma a mar / Scent of the sea
Scent of the sea
Hiel · Eternidad / Eternity
Eternity

They're only two words
yet they hold a whole life.

Three poems from the rupture and melancholy arc. The full collection is in the book.

I'll be there

I miss those moments,
filled with melancholic passion,
that made us die before we lived,
with no will to love the words
your lips never spoke,
but that your tears spilled.

They’re only two words,
yet they hold a whole life:
Te quiero, I love you, I hate you, I want you.

I miss your night at daybreak,
the one that darkens the sorrows
that hide my madness.

Yesterday I will die, without a doubt,
and my lips will seal the memories
that never lived in me
but lived in you.

Goodbye, bitch of a life,
I still long to love you,
but hating you is all I can.

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You are the bird's song
seeking the one it loves most.

The music of Hiel is released in four volumes under Ecos Boreales. In Spanish, Desgarro y Melancolía (Vol. I, streaming now) and Refugio del deseo (Vol. II, coming soon) trace grief and hope with an Andalusian pulse. In 2027 come the English albums Rupture & Melancholy (Volume I) and Sheltered Desire (Volume II), with a blues pulse.

Hiel · Desgarro y Melancolía (Spanish Vol. 1)
Desgarro y Melancolía Spanish · Vol. I · rupture and grief Listen on Spotify Out now · Jun 29, 2026 · Ecos Boreales

Vol. I · Desgarro y Melancolía / Rupture & Melancholy

16 tracks · ~30 min · streaming now

Titles open the track on Spotify; the book icon opens the poem in Reading; the video icon opens the music video on YouTube.

  1. Sorbos de hiel
  2. Desespero
  3. Miedo
  4. Soledad
  5. Rabia
  6. Eras la nada de la vida
  7. Latidos
  8. Hay días tristes
  9. Allí estaré
  10. Tiempo ha pasado sin poder verte
  11. Es París que agoniza
  12. Luz de mi sombra
  13. Solidão
  14. Hi ha dies tristos
  15. C'est Paris qui agonise
  16. Disperazione
Hiel · Refugio del deseo (Spanish Vol. 2)
Refugio del deseo Spanish · Vol. 2 · desire, memory and acceptance Coming soon
Hiel · Rupture & Melancholy (English Vol. 1)
Rupture & Melancholy English · Vol. 1 · international version Coming soon
Hiel · Sheltered Desire (English Vol. 2)
Sheltered Desire English · Vol. 2 · closure and redemption Coming soon

Desgarro y Melancolía (Vol. I) is now streaming since June 29, 2026. Label: Ecos Boreales.

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Your lips are my verses.

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    Official updates from the Hiel universe: book, music, and upcoming releases by Martín Zaramán.

    Disperazione, Martín Zaramán

    2026-10-17

    Disperazione, a new single in Italian

    Disperazione, Martín Zaramán's new single in Italian, is out now on Spotify, on Ecos Boreales. It is the last single of Volume I, Desgarro y Melancolía, and closes that chapter: Volume II comes next. The cover is a watercolour from Hiel.

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    C'est Paris qui agonise — Martín Zaramán

    2026-09-18

    C'est Paris qui agonise — French-language single

    C'est Paris qui agonise is out now: the French chanson version of Es París que agoniza (Vol. I · Desgarro y Melancolía) on Ecos Boreales. In French — a Paris of downpours, ill-loved kisses and lights from the past.

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    2026-08-29

    Luz de mi sombra — official music video

    The music video for Luz de mi sombra is now on YouTube, in 4K — a track from Volume I, Desgarro y Melancolía, on Ecos Boreales. Two people who look for each other and find each other, and find each other again when they are no longer the same: the same light at the beginning and at the end. From the poetry collection Hiel · Sips of Gall.

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    200 000 vistas · Martín Zaramán

    2026-08-07

    200,000 views · Instagram and YouTube

    The combined views for Martín Zaramán on Instagram and YouTube have passed 200,000. There are also more than 5,000 in the audience (Instagram followers and YouTube subscribers) and nearly 7,000 likes across both. Not a ranking — the echo of the poems, the videos, and those who watched — from Reykjavík, with Hiel. Thank you. On Instagram, a simple giveaway for this milestone.

    Giveaway rules

    Instagram only. Not affiliated with Meta. Two separate winners — not a single pack.

    Prizes
    How to enter
    • Follow @martinzaraman
    • Like the giveaway reel/post
    • Leave 1 comment tagging at least 2 people (real accounts). One valid comment per account.
    Deadline and shipping

    From 7 August 2026 until Friday 14 August 2026, 24:00 Reykjavík time (Atlantic/Reykjavík). Printful shipping: Spain, Portugal and Iceland. Outside zone: no shipping (alternate if the winner cannot receive).

    Selection

    At close, valid comments are listed, numbered, and drawn at random (e.g. random.org or equivalent). Result in stories. DM within ≤72 h; no reply in 48 h → alternate. Minors: guardian permission.

    Organizer: Martín Zaramán · @martinzaraman · martinzaraman.com. News: share. Boutique: tee · mug.

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    Noche estrellada sobre Reykjavík — lienzo en pared oscura, Martín Zaramán

    2026-09-06

    Boutique open

    The Martín Zaramán boutique is open. Pieces carrying the book’s identity — including the Are you OK? tee and travel mug — print on demand. New: the Aurora over Reykjavík mug — the same sky in the manner of Van Gogh, glossy ceramic, from €10.50. Still the Starry Night over Reykjavík canvas (46×30 to 91×61 cm, from €38) and the Aurora matte poster, from €17.50.

    The clothing and the accessories, actually worn: the In the light lookbook — studio and Iceland, the work worn.

    Noche estrellada sobre Reykjavík — lienzo Camiseta Aurora Funda portátil Aurora Aurora sobre Reykjavík — taza Aurora sobre Reykjavík — póster mate Camiseta Are you OK? Camiseta de tirantes Are you OK? Termo Are you OK? Camiseta Hiel Bolsa de tela grande all over — cerezos Sudadera Quiero ser Gorra Hiel

    Visit the boutique Starry Night canvas Lookbook: In the light Aurora organic tee Aurora laptop sleeve Aurora mug Aurora matte poster Are you OK? tee Are you OK? tank top Travel mug Hiel tee Large all-over tote Quiero ser sweatshirt Hiel cap

    Diario HOY Extremadura

    2026-08-03

    Interview in HOY Extremadura

    HOY (Extremadura) publishes on 3 August the interview “Un poeta extremeño en Islandia: Echo de menos Extremadura, no como postal, sino como ancla” (Adrián Blanco Congil), about Martín Zaramán — from Don Benito to Reykjavík —, the bilingual collection Hiel · Sips of Gall and the album Desgarro y Melancolía (Vol. I) on Ecos Boreales.

    Read on HOY The book See music

    Revista Grada

    2026-07-27

    Interview in Grada

    Grada — a free Extremadura monthly magazine since 2007 (“the magazine of the other contents”), also distributed in Portugal’s Alentejo and focused on culture, leisure and social inclusion — publishes on 27 July an interview with Martín Zaramán about the bilingual collection Hiel · Sips of Gall and the music composed in parallel, across four volumes on Ecos Boreales, from Don Benito to Reykjavík.

    Read on Grada The book See music

    I have a solitary soul,
    waiting for the body it loves.

    Bilingual Spanish poet and musician, born in Don Benito (Extremadura). After living in Madrid, he settled in Iceland in 2005 and, without ever losing his bond with the island, spent four years in Paris and a period in New York. That displacement runs through Hiel · Sips of Gall. The 24 poems span over thirty years — from his twenties to weeks before publication — organised by theme in four sections, from grief to hope. Hiel was born as a dual work: poems and music composed in parallel. The music is in four volumes — Spanish and English — guitar, Andalusian root and blues.

    In his words

    Excerpts from the interviews in HOY Extremadura (3 Aug 2026), on RÚV English Radio (6 Jul 2026), Canal Extremadura Radio (El sol sale por el oeste, 24 Jul 2026) and Grada (27 Jul 2026).

    The first time I came to Iceland was 2005. I was not expecting to stay that long outside of Spain — the reality is I never came back.

    Everything became deeper, in a way, since I live in Iceland.

    When you become a father, you sort of think: maybe one day I'm not going to be here, and I would like her to know what her father was doing.

    As a foreigner here you feel very lonely sometimes.

    Blues and flamenco are more or less the same thing — a way to express how difficult your life is.

    When you start thinking in another language, your brain starts to change the way you see things.

    It was a huge move for me to contact ex-girlfriends and people in general — to ask them if I could get the poems back. Most of them did.

    One poem is dedicated to my mother when she passed away. She went from this life too quickly. We were not expecting it.

    I travel alone for a few days — usually ten or fifteen days — to a special place in Spain to walk alone through the mountains. No internet, no phone connection. To try to understand myself better. It's more or less the same thing as writing a poem — a way to try to find yourself.

    I have a secret place here. I cannot tell you. It's in the middle of nowhere. No phone connection, no internet. There is a hut in there. No electricity.

    The nightmares are in Spanish — I don't know why. The ones in English are usually nice. And the Icelandic ones are the weird ones.

    My daughter is going to collaborate on the luxury version of the book. There are going to be paintings in there and she's going to be the one doing them.

    Feeling usually comes from your mother tongue — in my case, Spanish. I can't think about feeling except in Spanish.

    In one of the poems I say «te quiero»; in the English version it doesn't say «I love you» — it keeps «te quiero». Because it's not exactly the same.

    I've been writing poems my whole life. There came a moment… I have a 10-year-old daughter, and I said: my time has come.

    The fireplace, fried eggs with chorizo for breakfast, paprika, garlic… That is the essence of everything: my mind can't picture it in any language but Spanish.

    Listen to the full interview on RÚV → · Canal Extremadura Radio → · Read on HOY → · Read on Grada → · News item

    You are my only promise.

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