Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Love . . .

Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers
I ache from the perfumes of Spring.

I have forgotten your face, I no longer
remember your hands;
how did your lips feel on mine?

Because of you, I love the white statues
drowsing in the parks, the white statues that
have neither voice nor sight.

I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice;
I have forgotten your eyes.

Like a flower to its perfume, I am bound
to my vague memory of you. I live with pain
that is like a wound; if you touch me, you will
do me irreparable harm.

Your caresses enfold me, like climbing vines
on melancholy walls.
I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to
glimpse you in every window.

Because of you, the heady perfumes of Summer
pain me; because of you, I again seek out the
signs that precipitate desires:
Shooting stars, falling objects.

Poem: Pablo Neruda (1960)
from 'Passions and Impressions'
Image: GardenPictures.com

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39 comments:

  1. Ifinder Ifindi March 23, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    Well. So well. A Fascinating Template decorated with stunning flowers and novel features. A profile so elegant added with Awarded answers. Your sixth answer, it is prayed, be the 'Potion' to keep ever Young and not be effected by time. Words shredded like pearls. The Quote of Pablo with so depth. 'So far away' an agonic song reflecting parallel dreams. Hope and heartly wish 'another sunrise, a new day ' should come. Thanking You for sharing the journey of Your thoughts and with Best Wishes.

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  2. darkfoamMarch 23, 2011 at 5:09 AM

    very lovely poem by nerudo. it's hard when memories become elusive and vague, esp. if they were once treasured.

    it is a lovely sunny 27C here.
    I hope you have an equally lovely and a bit cooler fall day.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    neruda

    always right
    for every occasion

    × × ×

    /t.

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  4. Kathleen ScottMarch 23, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Hope your days are better than Pablo's and your heart lightens.

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  5. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Thank you dear Ifinder for visiting here and for your lovely and thoughtful comments.
    My journey of thoughts has been painful, I now seem to have reached an emotional plateau, neither here nor there, my thoughts just floating, hope floats until it disappears ...
    Yes another sunrise, a new day will come but how much happiness shall I find in it, I wonder? Some from nature, yes, I just have to look at the blue of the sky this morning and the sunshine. I do look for it, I seek it but the affection I long for eludes me.
    As for the 'Potion', youth and beauty fade and it can only do so much then our own individual time will come to an end. It is the beauty inside that matters, though some cannot open their hearts to see that.
    Dianne. xoxoxo ♡

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  6. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Thank you dearest Foamy , yes it is a beautiful poem, Neruda writes with so much feeling.
    My memories have not faded yet, they remain, like a part of me.

    I am happy to hear that you have had a sunny day.
    It is a lovely morning here too, the sun is shining, the air is fresh and fragrant, the temperature is around 25ºC/77ºF. :)

    xoxoxo ♡

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  7. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Thanks dear /t. ,
    yes, I think there is a Neruda poem for every one of life's memorable moments.

    xoxoxo ♡

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  8. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Thank you dear Kathleen , Pablo must have lived a very exciting and full life with all of the experiences of love and heartbreak, he writes about it with so much depth and understanding of human emotions.
    My heart shall lighten in time, I just wanted to be wanted.

    xoxoxo ♡

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  9. LeeMarch 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    Quite emotional and enchanting.

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  10. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    Yes Lee dear, it is an enchanting and very visual poem.
    I can almost reach out and touch those vine covered walls, smell the fragrance of blossoms, it is like being in a beautiful garden surrounded by memories.

    xoxoxo ♡

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  11. FrançoiseMarch 23, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    Bonjour Dianne,
    Belle photo , beau texte c'est un grand plaisir de passer chaque jour chez vous .
    Voici un lien qui parle de l'ile de Noirmoutier près de chez moi et qui cultive la pomme de terre bonnotte , elle est cultivée dans de la terre sablonneuse et mélangée avec du goémon .C'est ce qui lui donne le goût particulier et délicieux .Malheureusement elle est très chère.
    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_de_Noirmoutier

    Bonne journée.

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  12. EliaMarch 23, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Dear Dianne,
    I love Neruda!
    Feelings of the heart, bitter, sweet,
    but always inspired love,
    what will have the spring that to all us late the heart of different form...
    be happy!
    and that your smile us continues warming as the sun!
    embrace from Spain

    eljardindemiduende

    (besos)

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  13. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    Bonjour Françoise , je vous remercie pour vos pensées belle, oui c'est un beau poème et l'image.
    Merci pour le lien vers l'île de Noirmoutier, une méthode intéressante de pommes de terre de plus en plus.
    Vous vivez dans un beau pays!
    Bonne journée
    xoxoxo ♡

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  14. dianneMarch 23, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    Dear Elia yes I do love the poems of Neruda, yes as you say always 'inspired love', he writes so well and from the heart.
    Thank you dear, I shall try to be happy and keep smiling and thank you for your warmth and kindness.
    Hugs from me!

    Besos xoxoxo ♡

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  15. Shweta TiwariMarch 23, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Dianne,

    Nice poemand beautiful picture.I'm back home and enjoying holidays. Wat abt you? How have u been? Hope you are fine. I could not post anything while leaving college.kind of was in a hurry.

    Love
    Shweta

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  16. dianneMarch 24, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    Thanks dear Shweta , yes it is a lovely poem and image, I love flowers growing in meadows and fields.
    Good that you are home and enjoying your holidays after all of that study, a nice rest I am sure.
    I am alright thanks, nothing much happening here, just the usual things and staying out of trouble. :)
    I hope you are well and having fun!
    Lovely to hear from you.
    Love, Dianne. xoxoxo ♡

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  17. Romantik SeelchenMarch 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    Dianne Love,
    your verses are as sensitive as your flower children, the small white flower cluster, but they are many related and mutually consolation
    you're not alone....
    many greetings from Jasmin

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  18. LeoviMarch 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    Precioso poema. Pablo Neruda, el más grande poeta del amor en castellano en el siglo XX. Y en el XIX lo fue Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. Besos.

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  19. dianneMarch 24, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    liebe Jasmin , I will always try to find poems of beauty and sensitivity to post here and images to complement them ... and the beauty of Nature, her grasses, trees and flowers, because they are dear to my heart.
    I shall never be alone as long as I have my love for Nature, literature and art.
    Thank you dear friend.
    love Dianne. xoxoxo ♡

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  20. dianneMarch 24, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Sí querida Leovi , un hermoso poema, Pablo Neruda sabía escribir de amor y sí, Bequer y sus poemas románticos de "Rimas".
    Gracias por tu comentario.

    Besos xoxoxo ♡

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  21. Craftsman of lightMarch 24, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    After reading this poem....i would say let summer still be perfumes, let shooting stars fall at the feet, let every window open...let happiness be in everything that touches us!
    Let pain be gone....for what shines within is more powerful than the sun!

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  22. J Cosmo NewberyMarch 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    "I think there is a Neruda poem for every one of life's memorable moments." Really? What about the time I fell into my grandfather's fishpond?

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  23. dianneMarch 24, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    That is a lovely thing to say dearest col , you are such a romantic soul.
    I would agree and say so too, for then there would be no sadness and pain in the hearts of those who love.
    Hugs
    xoxoxo ♡

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  24. dianneMarch 24, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    I see you are quoting me here dear J Cosmo , I should have been more specific with my comment and said that Neruda had a poem for every one of life's memorable, romantic moments.
    I did look for a poem of his which may have had a reference to a boy falling in a fishpond but without success...and sorry, at present I cannot find the words to write a poem myself.
    I hope that you were not injured at all?
    xoxoxo ♡

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  25. LeoviMarch 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    I spoke of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and here I leave his poetry.

    RIMA XXIV

    Two red tongues of fire
    on the same log that approach
    and connect, and when kissing
    form a single flame.

    Two notes of a lute
    plucked simultaneously by a hand,
    that meet each other in space
    and harmoniously embrace.

    Two waves that come together
    to die on a beach
    and when breaking are crowned
    with a silver plume.

    Two shreds of vapor
    that rise off a lake,
    and when reunited in the sky
    form one white cloud.

    Two ideas that sprout as a pair,
    two kisses that explode at the same time,
    two echoes that are confused,
    those are our two souls.

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  26. dianneMarch 25, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Thank you dear Leovi , I have enjoyed some of his poems, this one is really beautiful, lovely of you to post it here.

    Besos xoxoxo ♡

    Amid Obscure Shadows
    (Rima XXVIII)

    When amid obscure shadows
    a lost voice murmurs
    disturbing its sad calm ...
    If in my soul's depths
    I hear it sweetly sounding,

    tell me, Is it the wind moans
    in its convolutions or that
    in passing your sighs speak of love?

    When the red sun shines
    in my window at morning
    and my love evokes your shadow,
    if I think I feel the press
    of another mouth on mine,

    tell me, Is it that blind I rave
    or that your heart sends me
    a kiss in a sigh?

    If in the luminous day
    and in the deep gloomy night;
    if in all that surrounds
    my soul that desires you,
    I think I can feel and see you,

    tell me, Do I feel and think in a dream
    or is it that in a sigh
    you give me your breath to drink?

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  27. chickoryMarch 26, 2011 at 12:27 AM

    I thought this one was yours until i reached the end! How similar you two are in ways of writing. very lovely work.

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  28. dianneMarch 26, 2011 at 1:00 AM

    I love this poem, it is so visual and holds a special meaning for me. Thank you for the compliment dear chickory , I wish I had written this, but I can appreciate its beauty. Perhaps one day in many years to come, I shall be able to write something as lovely.

    xoxoxoxo ♡

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  29. rdlMarch 26, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    oh i love neruda, hadn't read this one. thanks for this.

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  30. dianneMarch 26, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Thank you dear rdl, yes this poem is especially beautiful, I too love the poetry of Neruda. :)

    xoxoxo ♡

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  31. AnonymousApril 2, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    I LOVE Neruda!

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  32. dianneApril 2, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Thank you dear Andressa yes there is so much to love about his poetry and prose.

    xoxoxo ♡

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