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Follas Novas: Versos en Gallego

Chapter 115: Agora cabelos negros
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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.

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Agora cabelos negros,

Mais tarde cabelos brancos;

Agora dentes de prata,

Mañan chavellos querbados,

Oxe fazulas de rosas,

Mañan de coiro enrugado.

Morte negra, morte negra,

Cura de dores e engaños,

¿Porque non mata-l’as mozas

Antes que as maten os anos?