The Woman of the Lighthouse Path

En Fisterra vivía unha muller chamada Amparo.

There lived in Fisterra a woman named Amparo.

Subía ao faro cada tarde para ver o mar.

I went up to the lighthouse every afternoon to see the sea.

Levaba cincuenta anos facendo o mesmo camiño.

For fifty years I had been following the same path.

Coñecía o nome de todos os barcos que pasaban.

He knew the names of all the ships that passed.

Anotaba nun caderno os que non recoñecía.

He wrote down in a notebook the ones he didn't recognize.

Un día un barco estraño quedou parado fronte á costa.

One day, a strange ship came to a halt off the coast.

Amparo avisou aos veciños porque algo non ía ben.

Police alerted the neighbors because something was wrong.

Efectivamente, o motor avariara e non tiñan radio.

The engine had broken down and there was no radio.