I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
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royal
From guest imran (contact)
very nice...but what a royal attitude!! it's like: you have to initiate and I shall reciprocate. the burden of keeping me is on you. -
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Help
From guest Sierra (contact)
I am using this poem in a paper I am writing and I would greatly appreciate if there is someone who could give me some information about it like when it was written, who it was written about, and in what period of Neruda's life was it written. So please someone help me! -
If you forget me
Inspiring,with its array of beautiful thoughts
which can only emanate from a higly attached mind!
NuggehalliPankaja -
naturally sweet
From guest Aquarius (contact)
a beautiful poem in beautiful words smooth lines and perhaps true thoughts and a much deeper philosophy than is readily visible -
Great
Every word in this poem is so carefully selected that the poem has become a magic spell in the sense that no one can resist this tremendous beauty of expression.
The main theme of the poem is a peculiar psyche of every one who loves, for every emotion is enhanced by the response of the beloved. Everyone knows this but to express the feelings so boldly is an art and Pablo is the master of this art
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He seems to convey many messages in this poem... almost tact for tact with,
"Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little."
"If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you."
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This piece by Neruda is exceptional in that it conveys so much meaning in such a conversational tone. In reading this...i almost felt as though Pablo were speaking directly to me...telling me about his heart. It takes a great deal of skill to make something convey such impact with what seems apparent ease to the naked eye.
UB
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