el vistíu seda velába-y los brazos–– pieces d’una cacia prerrafaelita––
el pelu en bucles de brioche mirábame lenta como si mancare
yera ella quien baxo la saya guardaba corderos miel centelles
Transhuman
the silk dress veiled her arms ––pieces of pre-Raphaelite crockery––
her hair in brioche curls she watched me slow as if it hurt
it was she who beneath her skirt kept lambs honey lightning flashes
Orange Blossom
or rosemary: the tragic disjuncture
don’t break me like a bowl don’t crack the story open don’t break those backs in two
once more
don’t leave me among aerial roots, twisted like a cactus which cannot find the sun
Azahar
o romeru: la dixunción tráxica
num me frañáis como un cuencu nun frañáis la hestoria nun partáis en dos lesespaldes
otra vuelta
nun medexéis coles raíces aérees, torcida como un cactus que nun alcuentra'l rayu sol
María García Díaz (La Pola Siero, 1992) is a poet and quantum physicist. She has published poetry collections in both Spanish and Asturian, including Espacio virgen (Torremozas, 2015), Llírica astraición (Saltadera, 2016), Suave la matriz (Saltadera, 2018), Ye capital tolo que fluye (Ultramarinos, 2021) and En tu piscina de esmeraldas calculé y lloré (Ultramarinos, 2025). She lives in Madrid.
Robin Munby (Liverpool, 1991) is a literary translator based in Madrid. His work has appeared in the Glasgow Review of Books, Wasafiri, Poetry Ireland Review and Minor Literature[s]. His translation of Asturian poetry collection The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel F. Menéndez was published in March by Skein Press.
