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Follas Novas: Versos en Gallego

Chapter 42: Por qué, miña almiña
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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.

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¿Por qué, miña almiña,

Porqu’ora non queres

O qu’antes querias?

¿Por qué, pensamento,

Porqu’ora non vives

D’amantes deseyos?

¿Por qué, meu esprito,

Porqu’ora te humildas,

Cand’eras altivo?

¿Por qué, corazon,

Porqu’ora non falas

Falares d’amor?

¿Por qué xa non bates

Co doce batido

Que calma os pesares?

¿Por qué, en fin, Dios meu

Á un tempo me faltan

A terra y o ceu?

¡Ou ti! roxa estrela

Que din que comigo

Naciche, poideras

Por sempre apagarte,

Xa que non pudeche

Por sempre alumarme...