Follas Novas: Versos en Gallego

Chapter 56: Lua descolorida

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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.

LUA DESCOLORIDA

Lua descolorida

Como cor d’ouro pálido,

Vésme y eu non quixera

Me vises de tan alto,

Ô espaço que recorres

Lévame caladiña n’un teu rayo.

Astro d’as almas orfas,

Lua descolorida,

Eu ben sei que n’alumas

Tristeza cal a miña.

Vay contallo ô teu dono

E dille que me leve á dond’habita.

Mais non lle contes nada,

Descolorida lua,

Pois nin n’este nin n’outros

Mundos, terey fertuna.

Se sabes ond’a morte

Ten a morada escura

Dille que corpo e alma xuntamente

Me leve á donde non recorden nunca,

Nin n’o mundo en que estou nin n’as alturas.