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

than 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.


Translated by Stephen Tapscott

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Pablo Neruda

Submitted Date Monday, January 13, 2003



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Anna Sealy (11/25/2009 7:39:00 AM)
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I love this poem...This is exactly how i feel about the man i've love almost my entire life.It's nice to know that i'm not alone in this.Thank you pablo.
Vanessa Goc-ong (10/17/2009 10:56:00 AM)
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I really love this poem. Love, like life, cannot be fully defined, but Pablo Neruda quite captured it in this poem. Even placed this poem in my wedding invitation.
RR Romac (4/8/2008 11:07:00 PM)
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I heard this poem first on a televisoin show being read at a funeral. It was so beautiful I searched for it online knowing only a few of the lines... 'I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride'...
Tapas Dutta (4/27/2007 7:36:00 AM)
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so true! 'I love you because I know no other way'
john tiong chunghoo (7/4/2006 6:13:00 AM)
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good one again pablo. i love.
Gabriel Vanmason (2/21/2005 1:59:00 AM)
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Truly, one of the most beautiful poems ever written. This poem encompasses the meaning of true love, and what love should be!
Danny Goh (2/13/2005 7:50:00 AM)
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Beautifully written.

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