O inútil labor da rega (gl – en)

Quizais me rendín moi pronto 
poida que houbera bastado 
convertir en rotina o tedioso 
labor diario da rega 
que tería traido unha profusión 
de rosas e caraveis

Quen podería telo sabido? 
Daquela só aparentaba un derroche 
inútil de auga e esforzo 
nunha terra estéril 
ou así considerada 
naquela altura

The useless task of watering

Perhaps I gave up too soon
perhaps it would have been enough
to turn into a routine the tedious
daily work of watering
which would have brought a profusion
of roses and carnations

Who could have known?
At the time it only seemed a useless
waste of water and effort
on a barren land
or so considered
at that time