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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.
Era delor y era cólera,
Era medo y aversion,
Era un amor sin medida,
¡Era un castigo de Dios!
Qu’hay uns negros amores, d’indole pezoñenta
Que privan os espritos, que turban as concencias,
Que morden s’acariñan, que cando miran queiman,
Que dan dores de rabia, que manchan e qu’afrentan.
Mais val morrer de friaxen
Que quentarse â sua fogueira.