The poem
I want you to know one thing.
You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that exists, aromas, light, metals, were little boats that sail toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now, if little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly you forget me do not look for me, for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad, the wind of banners that passes through my life, and you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots, remember that on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms and my roots will set off to seek another land.
But if each day, each hour, you feel that you are destined for me with implacable sweetness, if each day a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me, ah my love, ah my own, in me all that fire is repeated, in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten, my love feeds on your love, beloved, and as long as you live it will be in your arms without leaving mine.
What a song of love this poem is. Its truly beautiful, the way he speaks of love as a two way street. He describes the passion of love and hate two people can have for eachother. i love it!
I believe that love is a word that is thrown around very often in this day and age. The word love is very special it should be used with extreme caution. Although I feel that this poem represents the word in the true sense of the word.
I believe that God's love and our love of God go hand in hand in this beautiful poem as one love.
This poem shows that there is a very thin line between love and hate. It also illustrates the denial someone might go through after finding out the person they love doesn't love them the way they want them to.
BOM, ADORO ESTE POEMA, GOSTO MUITO DE PABLO NERUDO, SEMPRE QUE POSSO ESTOU LENDO ALGUMA OBRA DELE! E ESTE EM ESPECIAL, FOI ME DADO DE PRESENTE EM UMA OCASIÃO ESPECIAL! ELE DESCREVE UMA LINHA TENUE ENTRE AMAR E ODIAR..ENFIM, QUEM NAO ENTENDER ESTA MENSAGEM, DEPOIS DEIXO EM INGLÊS ! ABRAÇO A TODOS QUE POR AQUI PASSAREM !!!
everybody can find a part of him in this poem,because love is everybody's common value...i love Love!!!
This is one of the most meanigful poems...Read it [email removed] Poetry Reading event; felt like the little boats sailing toward our isles of needs. All we need is love...lalalalalalalaaa
I liked this poem.."If you forget me".I love a person who left without a word.Whose frenship I thought was for real.Wasn't able to get over this feeling..but now i can.And I will.If he can forget me,Why can't I?
This poem may confuse you
I think this poem is very confusing, because even if it does seem like it talks about love between a man and a woman, if you look closely at Pablos life and the poem again, you will see that it is about the love Pablo has for his country.
When Pablo was exiled, he wrote this poem. It talks about his roots and how if his "love"(coiuntry) stops loving him he will stop too. (as in he will forget about his country). Then again, poems have many meanings
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K in an above comment some chic or dude said that this poem is about his country but i disagree i think wait not think know that it is about how he loves someone and is saying that is they forget him he too will forget them