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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.
Ô sol fun quentarme
Doum’escallofrios,
Cal s’o Norte bravo
M’arrastrase arisco.
Sentin un-ha gaita
D’alegre sonido,
Y os cabelos todos
Puñéronsem’hirtos;
E tembrey cal tembra
N’a beira d’o rio,
Herba que a corrente
Toca c’os seus limos.
Miñ’alma dorida,
Meu corpo inxeliño,
Faivos mal a gaita,
Davos o sol frio.
Miñ’alma, meu corpo,
Se non é feitizo,
É que a morte querme
Para o seu enxido.