Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973 / Parral / Chile)

poet Pablo Neruda
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Don't Go Far Off

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
Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003
Edited: Thursday, May 05, 2011


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  • Simon Collins (5/1/2012 1:29:00 AM)

    Oh Pablo, you move me brother, only the ones who have really
    Experienced loss and pain in love can understand, sometimes it feels like a curse but my friend as you know to feel is a blessing, thank you

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  • Abraham Bravo (3/25/2012 5:10:00 PM)

    Beautiful.. Never leave me alone lest I wonder. Quite touchy.

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  • Bongokobida Zakaria (9/24/2011 3:33:00 AM)

    Don't leave me, even for an hour...Nice...

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  • Dave Walker (8/24/2011 6:57:00 AM)

    Good poem. Take a look at my
    Two new ones. One called, for michael hicky.
    And the other is called boy to a man.
    Both true storys.

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  • Moon Fairy (8/11/2011 2:16:00 AM)

    don't go far off my love...you are my Pablo Neruda :)

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  • David s.w Johnson (2/6/2011 10:21:00 PM)

    Great stuff. Please, check on some of my writtens.

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  • Rebecca Bell (9/1/2010 6:26:00 PM)

    I love the last few lines of this poem.

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  • Baby Yen Baltar (6/29/2010 3:45:00 AM)

    I wish i could tell it to the man i love most....tell him not to go far off, not even for a day...for i will die without him...

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  • Dr.subhendu Kar (6/28/2010 3:13:00 PM)

    yet a wonderful write by true words of heart as when fails to reflects upon sweet flow to enlighten...most emotive ever found in red glow by soul

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  • Jelena ex Pesic (6/20/2010 7:28:00 AM)

    With the first verse I felt that big, warm, round dropp sliding down my face, and than the other one, and the third one...it was like long waited summer rain begun to soak a dried soil of my heart...I remembered I had been loved.
    Thank you Goki.
    Thank you Pablo.

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