Perhaps not to be is to be without your being,
without your going, that cuts noon light
like a blue flower, without your passing
later through fog and stones,
without the torch you lift in your hand
that others may not see as golden,
that perhaps no one believed blossomed
the glowing origin of the rose,
without, in the end, your being, your coming
suddenly, inspiringly, to know my life,
blaze of the rose-tree, wheat of the breeze:
and it follows that I am, because you are:
it follows from ‘you are’, that I am, and we:
and, because of love, you will, I will,
We will, come to be.
Notes
LXIX From: ‘Cien sonetos de amor’
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Sonnet 69
From guest Jillian (contact)
is this a lowered down version of this poem? this is the one i know Maybe nothingness is to be without your presence, without you moving, slicing the noon like a blue flower, without you walking later through the fog and the cobbles, without the light you carry in your hand, golden, which maybe others will not see, which maybe no one knew was growing like the red beginnings of a rose. In short, without your presence: without your coming suddenly, incitingly, to know my life, gust of a rosebush, wheat of wind: since then I am because you are, since then you are, I am, we are, and through love I will be, you will be, we'll be. -
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From guest Jillian (contact)
this sounds way too much like "maybe nothingness will be without your presence without you moving, slicing the noon like a blue flower, without you walking later through the fog and the cobbles without the light you carry in your hand, golden,which maybe otheres will not see, which maybe no on e knew was growing like the red beginnings of a rose. in short, without your presence: without you coming suddenly, incitingly, to know my life gust of a rosebush, wheat of wind since then i am because you are since then you are, i am, we are and through love i will be, you will be, we'll be" this is obviously the same poem just translated differently which is the real one? to me it seems like this version would be for a less educated version.
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