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Follas Novas: Versos en Gallego

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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.

VIII

Alá, po-la alta noite,

 luz d’a triste e moribunda lámpara,

Ou antr’a negra oscuridad medosa,

O vello ve pantasmas.

Uns son árbores muchos, e sin follas,

Outros, fontes sin auguas,

Montes qu’a neve eternamente crube,

Ermos que nunca acaban.

Y o amañecer d’o dia

Cando c’a ultima estrela aqueles marchan

Outros veñen mais tristes e sañudos,

Pois a verdade amarga,

Escrita trân n’os apagados ollos

E n’as asienes calvas.

Non digás nunca, os mozos, que perdeches

A risoña esperanza,

D’o qu’a vivir começa sempr’é amiga:

¡Sô enemiga mortal de quen acaba!...