Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day

Portrait of Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda 1904–1973

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?

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  1. Noel India

    Well I just got this link from a friend of mine and since then I've been introduced some very good poem.Considering the fact that these were translated, I can only imagine what emotions that they might bring in the original script. This one in particular just takes me to completely different level... Dunno if its me or its the poet, its so real and explains everthing that going on inside of me....

  2. raumeree Philippines

    I like his poems.... it touches ones heart and it gives insperations and suggestions in such a way which is simple
    i like his poems.... specially his poem titled..." i do not love you except because i love you"
    it touches my heart ang goes through my soul....
    i wish i can see a ellegy poem which he made....

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