Mentres preparo a ensalada (gl – en)

Esta mañá sentín magoa 
por unha gaivota que me perseguiu 
dende o parking ata a oficina
e de volta ao coche no final do turno

Mentres lavo a leituga 
no chorro de auga
volven outras épocas 
nas que o contacto 
coas finas follas verdes 
branqueando cara á cerna
conéctame coas rutinas doutras vidas
nas que era tamén eu, noutras casas 
noutros países, noutras familias

Abaixo da fiestra, no río
ségueme a acompañar
a respiración maina do mar 
acada agora o canaval
loce fermosa a ribeira

Mentres preparo a ensalada 
a gaivota desta mañá
ségueme perseguindo 
voando en círculos 
centrados en min
lanzando simulacros de ataque
picados a uns metros
da miña cabeza 

Co desespero dos seres
que perden o niño
eternamente a chorar
os seus pitiños 
e pensei, por que me escolleu?

os dous somos de mar 
os dos fomos feridos

While preparing the salad

This morning I felt sorry
for a seagull that chased me 
from the parking lot to the office
and back to the car at the end of the shift

While I wash the lettuce 
in the water jet
other eras return 
in which the contact 
with thin green leaves 
blanching towards the core
connect me to the routines of other lives
in which I was also, in other houses 
in other countries, in other families

Below the window, in the river
the calm breath of the sea
keep accompanying me
now it reaches the reedbed
the riverside looks beautiful

While I prepare the salad 
the seagull of this morning
keep chasing me 
flying in circles 
centered on me
launching attack drills
making nosedives a few meters 
away of my head 

With the desperation of beings
having lost their nest
forever crying
theirs chicks 
and I thought, why did it choose me?

we are both from the sea 
we had both of us been injured