Sería a pobreza
a falta de recursos fixera
deixar as tumbas estreitas
sen a lousa pesada
que termara do descanso
dos vivos
que mantivera os membros
finados do clan
alá embaixo
Asi que desenterráranse e
con eles as poderosas leis
do clan volveran
a atrancar as portas da casa
por dentro
a moverse polas trabes
enchendo os cuartos
de renxeduras
Ocupando as zonas de descanso
fan tremer o sofá
vibrar os resortes do leito
impoñendo o silencio
ralentizando o zume
á procura da inmobilidade
levándo con eles
a vida
Clan presence
It must have been poverty
the lack of resources had
made it possible to leave
the narrow graves
without the heavy slab on them
to take care of the rest
of the living
to keep dead clan members
down there
So they dug themselves up
and with them the powerful laws
of the clan returned.
to lock the doors of the house
from inside
to move across the beams
filling the rooms
with creaks
Occupying resting areas
making the sofa shake
and the springs of the bed vibrate
imposing silence
slowing down the sap
in search of immobility
taking life
with them
abel abilheira 