De camiño ao traballo
percorro a beira do río
a marea está alta, o cauce vai cheo
atráeme coa forza imparable
dunha lúa chea
Deixar a mochila
meter os pes no inquietante limo
cruzar a nado mentres
lavo o meu traxe de bágoas
nas augas marrón terra
quizais se volvan diamantes
no fondo lamacento
Pasar o resto do día
deitado ao sol entre as canas
alixeirada a pel a secar
espido de mágoas
cunha herba entre os dentes
Diamants
On the way to work
I walk along the river
the tide is high, the riverbed full
it draws me in with the unstoppable force
of a full moon
I leave the backpack
put my feet in the disturbing slime
swim across while
I wash my tears suit
in the brown earth waters
maybe they will turn into diamonds
in the muddy bottom
I spend the rest of the day
lying in the sun among the reeds
my lightened skin put to dry
naked of sorrows
with a grass leave between my teeth
abel abilheira 