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Follas Novas: Versos en Gallego

Chapter 87: Espantada
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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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—Espantada, o abismo vexo

Á onde camiñando vou...

¡Corazon... canto és tirano,

Y és profundo, meu amor!

Pois eu, sin poder conterme,

N’escoito mais qu’unha voz,

E adond’ela quer que vaya

Sin poder conterme, vou...

—Hoxe, â noite, des que durman,

Sairey po-lo ventanil;

Daránm’as sombras alento...

¡E adios, casa onde nacin!

Honra que tanto estimey,

Santidade do meu lar...

¡Po-lo meu amor vos deixo

Para toda a eternidá!

¡Señor!... darésme castigo,

Qu’o merezo ben o sey;

Mais... condenáme Señor,

Á sufrilo cabo d’él.