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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.
«É verdade qu’un pode
Ser pior ou millor,
Pero vir de bon tronco
Eso sempre foy bo.
Teus pais eran xitanos,
E ti oxe eres marques,
Mas que... que ô fin y ô cabo
Un ven de donde ven.
Can fillo d’un raposo
Que o teñan por leal,
Que si non come os pitos
É que non poderá.»
Esto cantaba un cego
N’a feira d’Asuncion,
E d’o seu cantar ríanse
Todos, qu’era un primor.
Y uns ôs outros mirábanse
Cal querendo decir:
—Rasquese á quen lle proya
Qu’esto non vay pra min.