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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair by Pablo Neruda



Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?

Pablo Neruda

1 comments:

Tonya said...

Wow! That is so beautiful. I reread it 3 times, reminds me of my 1st love. It also made me think of my kids, that's how I feel about them growing up so fast. Thank you for sharing that! -Tonyaansub