Monday, August 21, 2006

Soneta XVII Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.


I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.


I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way


that this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

4 comments:

naya said...

hi, pak asido dan ibu maya?:)..baik, thank GOD..pa kabar jakarta? my family dentist runs well? kapan ke paris?

mamaRayi said...

my fave line of Neruda is "Love is so short, forgetting is so long" from 'Tonight I Can Write'.

pa kabar mbak??

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