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A sequence of lyric poems in Galician that blend evocative depictions of misty coastal and rural landscapes with intimate meditations on grief, longing, and domestic life. The voice alternates tender, maternal and elegiac tones with sharper social awareness, addressing scarcity, departure, and cultural memory. Varied forms—short songs, narrative fragments, and longer reflective pieces—use folk rhythms and vivid natural imagery to explore language, belonging, and the persistence of feeling across absence and change.
¡Follas novas!, risa dame
Ese nome que levás,
Cal s’á un-ha moura ben moura,
Branca ll’oise chamar.
Non Follas novas, ramallo
De toxos e silvas sôs,
Hirtas, com’as miñas penas,
Feras, com’a miña dor.
Sin olido nin frescura,
Bravas magoás e ferís...
¡Se n’a gándara brotades,
Como non serés así!