Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Sonnet Xcv:Who Ever Desired Each Other As We Do
Who ever desired each other as we do? Let us lookfor the ancient ashes of hearts that burned,and let our kisses touch there, one by one,till the..
© Pablo Neruda
So That You Will Hear Me
So that you will hear memy wordssometimes grow thinas the tracks of the gulls on the beaches.Necklace, drunken bellfor your hands smooth as..
© Pablo Neruda
Finale
Matilde, years or dayssleeping, feverish,here or there,gazing off,twisting my spine,bleeding true blood,perhaps I awakenor am lost, sleeping:hospital..
© Pablo Neruda
Luminous Mind, Bright Devil
Luminous mind, bright devilof absolute clusterings, of upright noon---:here we are at last, alone, without loneliness,far from the savage city's..
© Pablo Neruda
Poesia
Y fue a esa edad... Llegó la poesíaa buscarme. No sé, no sé de dóndesalió, de invierno o río.No sé cómo ni cuándo,no, no eran voces, no eranpalabras..
© Pablo Neruda
The Queen
I have named you queen.There are taller than you, taller.There are purer than you, purer.There are lovelier than you, lovelier.But you are the..
© Pablo Neruda
What Spain Was Like
Spain was a taut, dry drum-headDaily beating a dull thudFlatlands and eagle's nestSilence lashed by the storm.How much, to the point of weeping, in..
© Pablo Neruda
Ode To Clothes
Every morning you wait,clothes, over a chair,to fill yourself withmy vanity, my love,my hope, my body.Barelyrisen from sleep,I relinquish the..
© Pablo Neruda
The Fear
They all ask me to jumpto invigorate and to play soccer,to run, to swim and to fly.Very well.They all advise me rest,they all send me to the..
© Pablo Neruda
La Muerta
Si de pronto no existes,si de pronto no vives,yo seguiré viviendo.No me atrevo,no me atrevo a escribirlo,si te mueres.Yo seguiré viviendo.Porque..
© Pablo Neruda
Tell Me, Is The Rose Naked?
Tell me, is the rose nakedOr is that her only dress?Why do trees concealThe splendor of their roots?Who hears the regretsOf the thieving..
© Pablo Neruda
Poet's Obligation
To whoever is not listening to the seathis Friday morning, to whoever is cooped upin house or office, factory or womanor street or mine or harsh..
© Pablo Neruda
Lost In The Forest
Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twigand lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:maybe it was the voice of the rain crying,a cracked bell, or a..
© Pablo Neruda
The Insect
From your hips down to your feetI want to make a long journey.I am smaller than an insect.Over these hills I pass,hills the colour of oats,crossed..
© Pablo Neruda
Sonnet Xxvii: Naked You Are As Simple As One Of Your Hands
Naked, you are simple as one of your hands,Smooth, earthy, small, transparent, round:You have moonlines, applepathways:Naked, you are slender as a..
© Pablo Neruda
Ode To The Artichoke
The artichokeWith a tender heartDressed up like a warrior,Standing at attention, it builtA small helmetUnder its scalesIt remainedUnshakeable,By its..
© Pablo Neruda
Entrance Of The Rivers
Beloved of the rivers,besetBy azure water and transparent drops,Like a tree of veins your spectreOf dark goddess biting apples:And then awakening..
© Pablo Neruda
Ode To Bird Watching
NowLet's look for birds!The tall iron branchesin the forest,The densefertility on the ground.The worldis wet.A dewdrop or raindropshines,a diminutive..
© Pablo Neruda
Algunas Bestias
Era el crepúsculo de la iguana.Desde la arcoirisada cresteríasu leengua como un dardose hundía en la verdura,el hormiguero monacal pisabacon..
© Pablo Neruda
Castro Alves From Brazil
Castro Alves from Brazil, for whom did you sing?Did you sing for the flower? For the waterwhose beauty whispered words to the stones?Did you sing to..
© Pablo Neruda
Enigma With Flower
Victory. It has come late, I had not learnthow to arrive, like the lily, at will,the white figure, that piercesthe motionless eternity of..
© Pablo Neruda
Love, We'Re Going Home Now
Love, we're going home now,Where the vines clamber over the trellis:Even before you, the summer will arrive,On its honeysuckle feet, in your..
© Pablo Neruda
Tie Your Heart At Night To Mine, Love,
Tie your heart at night to mine, love,and both will defeat the darknesslike twin drums beating in the forestagainst the heavy wall of wet..
© Pablo Neruda
Ode To My Socks
Mara Mori brought mea pair of sockswhich she knitted herselfwith her sheepherder's hands,two socks as soft as rabbits.I slipped my feet into themas..
© Pablo Neruda
The Wide Ocean
Ocean, if you were to give, a measure, a ferment, a fruitof your gifts and destructions, into my hand,I would choose your far-off repose, your..
© Pablo Neruda