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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.
Xa nin rencor nin desprezo,
Xa nin temor de mudanzas,
Tan só un-ha sede... un-ha sede,
D’un non sei qué, que me mata.
Rios d’a vida ¿onde estades?
¡Aire! qu’o aire me falta.
—¿Que ves n’ese fondo escuro?
¿Que ves que tembras e calas?
¡Non vexo! Miro, cal mira,
Un cego a luz d’o sol crara.
E vou caer alí en donde
Nunca o que cai se levanta.