Foto na Eira de Pazos (gl – en)

Poema no que aparece breve mais intensa a silhueta do meu irmán,  tantos anos a miña metade

Aquel verán, tras limpala a fondo
bañámonos na presa da Eira de Pazos 
Onde o cano día e noite deita paseniño
A auga fría e transparente  
Que forma o sesenta por cento 
Da nosa familia materna 

El estaba probando a técnica do retrato
Na foto aparezo coa miña pel máis morena
A fronte da que aínda non se retirou 
O pelo húmido, peiteado para atrás
Asoma o cano da escopeta na composición
Texturas nos reflexos da tona da auga

Da imaxe desbordan beleza e arrogancia 
Eramos inconscientes donos do destino
Tiña eu a profunda convicción de que non
Me ía ver envolto naquela desfeita
Que podería manterme puro, sen me luxar 
Abandonándome aos mesmos erros dos pais
Semellabamos inmunes aos ataques da vida

Por suposto que anos despois daquela foto
Malia os esforzos feitos para lle escapar 
A vida logrou darme alcance 
Para facer entrega do pesado vulto 
Na dedicatoria do reverso do retrato
“non podes pretender esgotar o teu tempo
sen recibir a aprendizaxe que che corresponde”

Portrait in the Eira de Pazos

That summer, after cleaning it thoroughly
We bathed in the Eira de Pazos dam
Where the pipe day and night slowly pours
The cold and transparent water
What makes up sixty percent
Of our maternal family

He was testing the portrait technique
In the photo I appear with my darkest skin
The forehead where the wet hair, combed back 
It has not retired yet 
The barrel of the shotgun shows in the composition
Textures in the reflections of the water surface

Beauty and arrogance overflow from the image
We were unconscious masters of destiny
I had the deep conviction 
I was not going to be involved in that mess
That I could keep myself pure, without staining
Abandoning myself to the same mistakes of parents
We seemed immune to life's attacks

Of course years after that photo
Despite all the efforts made to escape it
Life has caught up with me
to deliver the heavy bulk
in the dedication on the reverse of the portrait
“you can't pretend to run out of time
without receiving the learning that belongs to you"