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by Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885)

Aqués que tén fama d' honrados na vila
Language: Galician 
Aqués que tén fama d' honrados na vila
roubáronme tanta brancura qu' eu tiña;
botáronme estrume nas galas dun día,
a roupa de cote puñéronma en tiras.

Nin pedra deixaron en dond' eu vivira;
sin lar, sin abrigo, morei nas curtiñas;
ó raso cas lebres dormín nas campías;
meus fillos... ¡meus anxos!... que tant' eu quería,
¡morreron, morreron ca fame que tiñan!

Quedei deshonrada, mucháronm' a vida,
fixéronm' un leito de toxos e silvas;
i en tanto, os raposos de sangre maldita,
tranquilos nun leito de rosas dormían.

     *

-- Salvádeme ¡ouh, xueces!, berrei... ¡Tolería!
De min se mofaron, vendeum' a xusticia.
-- Bon Dios, axudaime, berrei, berrei inda...
tan alto qu' estaba, bon Dios non m' oíra.
Estonces, cal loba doente ou ferida,
dun salto con rabia pillei a fouciña,
rondei paseniño... (ne' as herbas sentían)
i a lúa escondíase, i a fera dormía
cos seus compañeiros en cama mullida.

Mireinos con calma, i as mans estendidas,
dun golpe ¡dun soio! deixeinos sin vida.
I ó lado, contenta, senteime das vítimas,
tranquila, esperando pola alba do día.

I estonces... estonces cumpreuse a xusticia:
eu, neles; i as leises, na man qu' os ferira.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885), "A xusticia pola man", appears in Follas novas, first published 1880 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Roberto Caamaño (1923 - 1993), "A xusticia pol-a-man (La justicia por su mano)", op. 3 no. 1 (1955) [ voice and piano ], from Dos cantos gallegos, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-08
Line count: 29
Word count: 194

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