the sea and the bells - pablo neruda

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The Sea and the Bells

El ma y las campanas


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PABLO NERUDA

The Sea and the ells R A AD Y A M O D A LY

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COPP ER CANYON PR E S S


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Copyright 7 by Pablo Nerudaand Heirs of Pablo Neruda

Tanslaon copyigh 88, ooby Wilam O'Daly

All righs reseved.

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modern in vivid translations edited forCopper Canyon Press by Sam Hamill.

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Second Ediion


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Aknowedgent

Introdtion

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Never a lle . . 6

Ye comrade . . 6

fter ure 67

Port th port . . 6

Everybody wa akg me . 7

OW 73

IT HAPPENS 75

BRANC E MASSADOR 79

HERE 8

f each day fall 8

VERYOD 8LAZNESS 89

AMES

E RE ATNG 95

TARS 97

iT 99

t kock at a door . .

orgve me f my eye . . 5

The whole huma earth . 7

The thruh warbled .

the ea there? . .

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Translations from The Sea and the Bells appeared in

American Poetry Review and Crab Creek Review.

GFo her keen sense of Pabo Neruda's poems and for her many

nsghtfu suggestions my specal thanks to Martha Klindt far south

in Venezuela Stephanie utgring ead the manuscript and once moe

offeed several clarications that beneted the translations. My grat

itude also goes to John Ellison and to Lesey Lnk fo thei edtoral

skills for typing the introducton and for ther encouragement andsupport To Spanishspeakng friends who patiently answeed my

questions and offeed strong coffee send un abrazo and good cheer.

This translation is dedicated to my gandfather

Wam O'Day

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INTRODUCON

Sea st oam the oceans wave he sound o bells carrying over the

water or striking the Andes his ove or hs wie Matde the migra

toy birds and winter ain o southern Chile the birth in gunre o

his county the destny o he Chilean peopleal o these passions

heped guide Pablo Nerudas ight o spirit as he composed he Sea

ad the ells Aware he was dying Neuda took heighened pleasue

in he coastal ie surrounding his home in Isla Negra and he ash

ioned each day rom the past puing one dream out o another"

This is one o eigh books o poems he worked on simulta-

neously (with his memoirs) during his las year o lie He had

lanned o publish the eght books on his seventieth birthday in July97. As it was Neruda ded in Sepember 1973 having given iles

o ony onethird o the poems in he Sea ad the ells. His passions

questions memories and dreams had caed him like a ship to stand

beore his image o the door o eath a once rugged ock ha the

waves shape bu can neve open This book is prepaaion by he

poet o pass through that doorIn a posthumous book o prose Passos ad Impressios

1978) Neuda says that the sacred duy o the poet is o eave and

to retun." He mus leave his county to encouner othe people and

places and e must be aware o the process o spiritual rebirth as

one element o the journey. Neruda rs experienced rave riding

hrough the Andean ooths in a locomoive with his engineer

aher soppng briey at the sma staions where impoveshed

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Araucaia faili d thir gd. A a yug a, h aild

arud uch f th wrld, f culhip t culhip, tppig

at prt h prbaby vr iagid a a by xplrig th frt f

frner Th cular pt h hld rvd a plitical ad pii-

tual awakig f Nruda, pciay i Bacla ad add

(1934937. I ctrat t h ary yar i th Ot a a lw-lvl dplat ladig a ilatd ad frugal f, th Spaih ya

wr lld wth caarad, atitic xchag, ad plitica lida-

ty with th Rpubc, th pt ad with wrkr' iu. H had

pt f xid ad udrd frid, ad h wa awar f th dv-

atatig ffct f th civ war faili ad h w lif. H

tud t Chil wth a fullr udrtadig f th atihip

btw plitcal act ad ppl' liv, a pt wh wa bgiig

t d h cial pbiliti.

H cct t th rai ad th ft f hi childhd gw

trgr vry ti h lft ad rturd t hi cuty. I th

Mers, Nruda t th ty f gig t hi fathr' buial plac

t v th cf A thy pickd up th cf prbaby crackd by

th dap f th aulu a trt f wat, raiwatrf Chi' uthr witr, pilld ut f it. Fr Nruda, th watr

drv h a rid a thig bf vr had that h wa hir

t a capabl cct with a prdtid lif, gi ad

dath Th t f atur bca r ad a ccti

t th dpt pat f hilf ad a way ut f hf a way f put

tg th hua wrld i ppctiv I th Resiencis witt i th

t yar bfr th Spaih Civil War, Nruda ft xprd hi

ital tat ctrtd iag f th atural wrld. I The Se

n he Bes h clbat th rgrativ pwr f atur pc

cay lt f uthr Chla ladcap ad acap a a pri-

ary urc f piritua rwa fr h Spakig f a all rivr

ad f hif a a yug pt Nuda cut hi birth f prit:


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Thee in the mountain anges of my couny

at ties and long ago

I saw, ouched and head

that which was eing on:

a heateat, a sound among the stones

was that which was eing on. (Long ago "

As ames Nolan says in his intoduction to tones o f the ky The

lesson of stone [fo Neuda] is hat man is only a tentative stage in

the millennia dance of matte towad the cysalline ight of the

emeald o sapphie o uy: he only sta that is ous.' Matte's

inexoae mach towad eaking ino light is the mos intimate

fom of paticipation in he day. The puiy of natue of stone and

wate of elemens ha in thei asic existence declae what hey ae,

ae countepoints to human eings. f the cyclic pocesses of natue

claify the pocesses of ou lives hey also declae the tuth of ou

motaity. In The ea and he Bells ou nal homecoming is to deah

and its pue silence

Because it is ou dutyto oey wine,

to let the wind gow

within you as well

unti the snow falls

until this day and evey dy ae one

the wind and the past,the cold falls,

nally we ae alone

and nay we will e sient.

Gacias

(Retuning)


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Eient n he character o these poems is a new ulnerabiliy

Neuas nakeness staning beore hs reaers an the oo o

eath hang e to hm only the stak noon o the sea an one

be" hs oice) wih which to oer hanks an o witness his truhs.

hese poems urther eelop the heme o the poet reassessing

his ole as poeta del puelo poe o the peope) that recurs thoughout other late books incluing Winter Garden an Still Another

Da In his memoirs Nerua tells us tha poetry is a eep inner call

ing in man; rom t came liugy the psalms an also the conent o

reigions. The poet cononte natures phenomena an in he early

ages calle himsel a pies to saegua his ocaon. n the same

way o een hs poety the poe o the moern age accepts the

inestiture earne in the sreet among he masses Toay's social

poe s stll a membe o he earliest orer o piests n the ol ays

he mae his pact wih akness an now he mus nterpet the

ght." While Nera set hmsel apat rom others in esponse to his

onging late in lie or solitue an sience he rearms his own

humaniy an uestions his eistence People attempt o square

hemseles wth heir responsblities uring a cisis o the spirit. s poeta del puelo, Nerua wane o reurn he git o hs inestiture

o he Chilean peope The poet asks us to pay close atenton as he

accounts o his paricpation in the light:

Wih my hans I must

beckon someboy please come

Here is wha hae an what owepease lsten o the count the stoy an he soun.

Wth hese things I pull or eey tomorrow o my le

one ream ou o anohe

There sn much to te " )

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The harsh selfassessment of hs performane as a soally ommt

ted poet s an mportant theme n the posthumous books. In Winter

Garden, Neruda aepts soltude as a fathful ompanon who wll

aompany hm on hs nal journey toward larty. In The ea and

the Bell he longs for the pure slene n whh a human beng may

lsten ntenty and whh n death beomes an afrmaton of the

yl power of nature the smple truth of a yellow branh

In ths book, Neruda arrved at a new heght n hs searh for a

dret and aessble language that would resonate for ts larty He

wanted to wrte a poetry that woud return the gft of hs nvestture

transformed by a ommtted fe and a generous sprt Even wth

ther sadness and anger, these poems arm lfe the aeptane of

dversty wth ompasson, and the takng of responsblty for onesown destny.

Whle translatng The ea and the Bell was enlghtened and

humbled, wathng ths venerable man ome to terms wth a lfetme

of hoesof havng ated and not atedbefore he ded As he

squares hmself wth hs past Neruda fulls a requrement for enat-

ng the proess of bengn ultura and poltal hange n HspanAmera, aordng to Otavo az one of the eadng nhertors of

the poets roe as poltal ommentator. The rebrth of magnaton

n the realm of art as n that of pots has aways been prepared for

and preeded by analyss and rtsm wrtes az n Conergences.

beeve that ths duty has faen to our generaton and the next.

But before undertakng the rtsm of our soetes ther hstory

and ther atualty, we Hspan Ameran wrters must begn by rtzng ourseves. rst we must ure ourselves of the ntoxaton of

smplst and smplfyng deooges Neruda does not approah hs

readers armed wth an deologa system and ts rhetornstead

he gves us personal vaues lear dstntons and a eebraton of

the varous forms of love. hs may be hs most personal book of

poems mbued wth deep ompasson and vunerablty

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The wrl i blue a f the earh

at ight whe leep

ermu, wih yu mal ha.

Fiale")

Thma McGrah aher pet wh ha bee hape par by

Nerua' publc cmmtmet a hi pery, ecrbe a paiatea mal lfe hat Neua wu hae uppte I beliee tha a

f u lie wce ce perally a ce a a epreetaie ma

wma. am terete i the mme whe my life lie cre

thrugh he cceta p f the hitry f my time. The I

ie bh perally a repeetaiely. I hpe t be aware f he

mmet becaue the beliee, e may be peakig t a frmay peple" Neua le a a repeetate ma thrughut hi

life, a a cu ea, rgae, ambaar cal critc a

pe The late b ugget he uet he ceuece f

plitca acti pepe' le, a umerica way but a a fe

w ciie, a ar a huba a a fathe. Hi ly chil Mala

Mara ie a age egh i 1942.)

The phumu bk may be hught f a uhe," butth abe hul bcure ur uetag f hem. Seea are

amg Neua' m acceble a prfu wrk. Alhugh they

are remarkably ifferet frm e ahe i the ea f their

meaphr a i her ice they are timatey elate by he

pet' ecuet pai a by he w ymphic u.

thee pem Neua pay tribute wha he iete i Passions and mpressions a he meme, the uug the umake

a perhap the ietabilty" hat caue hm reu ctu

aly h ife a hi pery t thee frtier i the raiwep

Suh, t thee great rie . . . he geeu ilece f thee la

a thee peple." Thee eemet a eece wee urce f pir

iual reewal f Neruake he blue ce f air r the rgig f

a beha ffere him healig by he purity f their exitece. g

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go a th moms of spcia padig to b had h modic

ycsm ad h gadu of Twenty Love Poem and a Song of

Depair; ad th mlacholy of wha Paz cals h myhca goo-

gis" of Reidencia ad is o log pvasiv. h la books a

makd by h pots tug to th soucs of his pa, ag wo

d, lov, ad cystalizig hm focusd mags ad moduatdtos hs books bas hi a assssmt of th po's lif o

political ad psoal acios ad o hs ffos to mt vyos

xpctatos of him, to spak to ad fo vybody. Winter

arden Nuda couts th dfcuty of th task

it was my duy o udstad vybody bcom

g dous,

wak uyildig compomsd, hoc, vil,

lovig util wp ad somtims a iga

a savio agld hs ow chas,

all dssd i black toastig o joy

(Fo All to Kow, Winter arden)

I th last fout books Nudas aguag dvopd ito o

fctly sutd to th ol of poeta del pueblo. Li by i, h lyc

qualiy of The Sea and the Bell is ot as oput as much of

Nudas cao. hs bok bll " is a good xamp of how

h poms y o xpasio ad cotactio of vow souds, ad

o th havily cadcd s o st th basc hyhm fo th book.

h poms a full of soac ad th hyhm of wavs ad blls

El bronce rot y verde,a campana de bruce

y dormida

fue enredada por la enredadera

y del color oro duro del bronce

pa a color de rana:

fueron la mano del agua

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a humedad de a costa

que dio verdura al metal

ternura a a campana.

Th bnz cackd and gn

h bl ih s muh pn h gundand slping

as nangld in bindd

and h had gldn cl h bnz

und h cl a g:

as h hands a

h dampnss h cas,

dal gn h mal

and ndnss h bll.

Fiv dcads pic dvlpmn pducd a py cla and

simpl imags In On uns h sl . . " vn h cmpl

nd spiual bih is psnd by mags cmmn clh

ing and huss

Th clqual languag his bk migh b calld a public"anguag n ny h issus i addsss bu is accssbiliy.

Ths languag is dic and unadnd and h qui innsiy s

musc kps a dignd n. Is claiy is man inci h cg-

niin u n uhs; is sucs a silnc and h pcis d.n Pd is h Whn . ," Nuda das u ain h ps

ds misus us n pups vy day, h ns lilds nsna usvs inTh public languag The ea and

the Bells s inndd challng h illusins cas ih ds,

and ac as anid h disd languags advising agn

cs and buaucacs n I m h Mican " Nuda spaks

in a public vic hn h caims his spiual ancsy h p-

pl h s a vluin n min in h micas hn h cl

nizs avd changing cupns silnc." nd n Th hl

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human earth . . " he draws tgether in a single cnstellatin the

human ability t bscure scial memry with ecnmic pgress"

the use f misleading language the revisin f histry and the cyclic

nature f warfare

s a balance t the public language f the pems Neuda

develped an understated and smetimes unspken" language nthis bk especally in the lve pems t Matilde his pivate"

language is based n sensry awareness beeen the self and the

ther between the pet and the readerit esnates nly when

wven int the fabric f the public language. nd because its sund

exists in and aund what the pems explctly say the private an

guage is a cmmunicatin that encurages intimacy he relatinshp

between the tw languages these awarenesses paralles yin andyang. he private language yin expesses the ntutve knwledge

within the pems an undestanding f sence.

One frm f the pvate language is the unspken cmmunica

tin between lvers Referring t Matde wh was frm the suth

ern twn f Chiln he writes

she is the newh ges and ges

ready fr my bdy

f the space f my bdy

penng all the windws t the sea

s that the written wd lies ff

s that the furniture

with silent signals

with geen re

(When I decided . " )

Perhaps the silent signals" sent between ves is a cmmn enugh

experience that mst eades wi be able t appeciate the imp

tance f the sent dague. he image is al the mre sensuus f

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beng e unoken," an nviation to the eade to conde hi o

he own intmate exeience. Neuda ivate language oen e-

onae with bell ung in the eade memoy not only n thee way

bu in the way t gahe meanng wth the eetition o thematic

wod cadence, image, and ound

The ound o bell an eentia a o Neuda' ivate lan-guage tha ue ound wth emtine a it cente It can be iniial

ly a ubic language o a code undetood by a community, eha

to ecue the aety o h nea the coat Sh bell toll the hou,one hou ending o anothe can begn. But a the ound tave ove

he ocean o though the oet and al into ience, it become i-

vate t a anguage we eak to the eath, an invocaion, and a

ound whoe meaning the bel inge hime no onge ully com

ehend. he ingng, wth a owe cytallized in it ilence, um

mon u o tun u aound o to u in ou tack, while the ound

wave contnue on to ke wild gaden mountain and butteie.

t' an element ha ound evey day o ou live and at death, and

we undeand it voce to be tuh.

The eame weave o the two language in The Sea and theBell he eult o he beadh o Neuda' viion n thee at

oem he tove o and acheved a voice in which a declaation o

love o Matilde in the ame beath a hi love o the eah i a na-

ual aticuation. And at the end o hi lie a a olic oe and a

ditnguihed ublic gue, hi ingua voice ak u o have com-

aon o ouelve and o othe He emind u that eveything

in oce, moving towad the ligh

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H p h n es e

es p

e ep n se ug

n se gs

e e

sn egu

e, e e

e he espe

s su pn

es ene s s

gun en su

un sen pe

que se ep un ene

su engu e e s

De ns ss que ue

nn e s p e un,

qu esnu

n eng s que e u e

e un pn.

Me n es su z p suf su een p eenee

s suee p e un

nn e esp

Y e e .

xsen s pns.

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IRST MOVNT

Hr by h th day ds nt pass,

it passs sadnss by sadnss

tim ds nt wrinklit dsn't rn t

sa th sa says

witht rst,

arth, th arth says

man waits

And nly

his bll

rings abv th thrs

kping in its mptinss

th implaabl siln

that will b parld t whn

its mtalli tng riss, wav aftr wav

Onc had s mh,

walking n my kns thrgh th wrld

hr nakd

hav nthing mr than th stark nn

f th sa and n bll

hy giv m thir v t fl th pain and thir warning t stp m.

his happns t vrybdy

spa gs n.

h sa livs.

h blls xist.


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BUSCR

De drm r de mr

se exende n nev p de v:

n qer ms, dce

e n sn hnd,

qe n s crecend

r de cemen

en cdd

esms ss,

erems rr pr nrnr frene ! mr

ver see prs de msm cr,

res m vs verdes,

scr e mr en ren

enscr s ps,

s rs, e smrer, e pensmen

hs encnrre, ndhs esre, nd

hs cnre, nd

nd sn nd sn hcer

nd, sn ermnr

verdder.


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EAR

m th dhyamb t h t th a

ch a w kd mp:

d wa much h wav ayy thm tp h chat

th cy cm badt tp w

w a al

w wat at lat t cam

t p ac h ca

t v bd h am clth thuad ul,

t k u lv th ad

bak u h dyu bk u hat, u md

utl w d yu th

utl w k yu, th,utl w yu hth wthut h wthu b

th, whu putt a d

tuth


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EGRANDO

Y tng tanta mrt d prl

pr n m

napaz d al,

m ban n m aan

alg n a ma

n mi pb dtin

d aball prdid

n ptrr l

dl r dl S d Amriapla n vnt d r

l rbl agaan

dd naimint

dbn ba a trra

a lana:

lga dp a niv

a d ml padaq n trminan nna.

Y grad

dd dnd tar

dd maana Vrn

rg

n tda mi ampana

m qd plantad

band a prada

band tia amarga

m l arbt agaad.

Pq bigatr

bdr a nvin

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ETUNING

o my pol o dt my

tt ot d

'm ot pl o t,ty look o m d 't d m

d v wt wt mwt my poo dty

o ok lot

olty ptu

out out m

y wd low t t t dow

om t dy o t t

ty mut k t ttt moot p

t om t t ow

o toud wodtt v t up v tud

om w wl goo dy tomoow

m kwt o my l

d tood wtgg o t mdow

kg tt tlk tov uBu t ou duty

to oy wt

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ea ee e ve

amb e e

asa qe ae a eve

se e e hy y e a

e ve y el asa

ae e f

a! esams sls

s alaems

Gaas

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e e wid gwwii yu as well,

uil e sw allsuil is day ad eey day ae ee wid ad e pas,

e d alls,

ally we ae ale,

ad ally we wil e sieaias.


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aia vin p da

d a da. P

l nid d i

a vz az d ai.

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a at ons, o ts day

o o cods

s t sond o t syt oc o a

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Paree e n na[o ferene

paar po el mar, a erta hora

No e e herro n on anaranjaa

banera

nae abe e ne

n a hora:

too et preparao

y no hay mejor aln, oo peto

al aontemento paaero a epma pea

omo na alombra na,

tea on etrela,

m eo el al,

el ere, e momeno tramarno,

too epera.

Y abero el roero,aao, mpo, eterno,

e po en a arena

omo n orn e alo,

omo n orn e ore

oo

e peto,

e nao e eno,

y hata lo hombre, empre ta[o,

eperan no peer eta preena

e eron omo en a omno,

e lraron a bota,

e penaron.

Se etn haeno eo

y no paa el na[o

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t appears a a different sip

ill sail across e sea, at a certain or.

Se isnt bilt of ron and does no flyorange ags

nobody nos from ee

or te or:

everying s arranged

and tere is no ner salon, everying is ready

for e eeting event.

e spume is olled o

lie an elegan carpe

oven it sars,

te ble even farter,

te greenness, e movement from anoer sea,

everyting as.

nd e scatered ooey,ased, gleaming, eerna,

lined itself up across te sand

lie a cain of casles,

lie a cain of toes.

verytng

is prepared,

silence is inviedand even men, alays dstracted,

ope no o miss s appaition:

tey ae dressed n Snday suis,

er bots are sined,

ter ar combed.

ey are going older

and e sip does not sail.

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Cando yo decid qedame claro

y bsca mano a mano Ia desdca

para gar a os dados

enconr Ia mje qe me acompaa

a oce y moce y noce

a nbe y a silencio

Matilde es sa

sa se lama asdesde Ciln

y lleva

o trene o saga

el da con s pelo azl

o a noce degada

ella

de qe dleista para mi pie

para mi espacio

abriendo odas las ventanas del mar

paa qe vele a palabra escia

para qe se llenen los mebles

de signos siencosos

de fego verde

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When decided to clarify my life

and hand by hand o see o misfone

by hroing the dice me he oman ho accompanies me

everhere and a all hors

in clods and in sience.

Mailde is the one

ho ansers to his name

from Chilln

and even if it rains

or thnders or rises

the day ih ble hair

or the slende night

she is the one

ho goes and goesready for my body

for the space of my body

opening al he indos to the sea

so that the rien ord lies off

so that the frnire ls

ith silent signals

ih green re.

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Decro ctro perros

no y es enterdo en el jdn,

otros dos me sopenden

minscos slves

destrctoes,

de ps gress y colmlos dros

como gjs de oc

Y n per gred

distnte,b en s cores.

No se sienten ss psos de oro sve

ni s dsnte presenci

Slo ldr my trde por I noche

p ceros ntsms,

p qe so cros sentes escogidos

I oign en os cmnoso en oros sitios oscros.

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have for dogs to declare:

one s already bred n the garden

o others keep me on my toesny ld

destroyers

th hck pas and hard cannes

lke needles of stne.

nd one scrffy dog

aloof

far-hared n her gracos manner.

No one hears her smooth goden steps

or her dstant presence

She barks only late a ngh

at ceran phanoms

so that jst a fe chosen hdden persons

hear her on he roadsor n other dark places.

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Vineron nos agenns

ean de jy y Mendoza

n ngenero n mdico

res ijas como tes as.

o no tena nada qe decr.

Tampoco mis desconocidos

Entonces no nos diimos nada

slo respramos ntos

e are brsco del Pacco sre are erde

de Ia pampa qda

Tal ez se o leaon de ea a ss cidades

como qien se lea n perro de oo pas

o nas alas exraas

n ae papiante

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Some rgentinians sailed ith s

they ere from Jjy and Mendoza,

an engineer a doctor,three dghters le three grapes.

had nothing to say.

Nor did the strangers.

So nobody said a ord,

bt together e inhaled

the crisp air of the Soth Pacc,

the green air

of the iqid pampa.

Maybe they carried t bac to thei cities

as one retrns ith a dog from another contry,

or a bird ith strange ngs,

a flering brd.

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o me llamaba Reyes Catrieo

relano Rodrgez e olvidado

ms nombres verdaderos

Nac con apellido

de obles viejos de rboles ecienes

de madera sibane.

o fi depositado

en Ia ojaasca:

se ndi6 el recin nacidoen Ia derrota y en el nacimiento

de selvas qe caan

y casas pobes qe recin lloraban

o no nac sno qe me fndaron:

me psieron todos los nombres a Ia vez

todos los apeldos:

me a matorral lego cireloalerce y lego rigo

por eso soy tanto y an poco

tan md y tan desamparado

porqe vengo de abajo

de a tierra.

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My ame as Reyes Catrileo,

rellao Rodrguez, ave orgoe

my true ames. as bor a surame

o old oas o sapligs,

o issig ood.

as deposied

amog rottig leaves:

tis ebor sa do

i te deeat ad i e brt

o orests tat ere alg

ad poor ouses at ad ecetly bee eepig.

as ot bor but rate tey ouded me:

all at oce ey gave me every ame

every amilys ame:

I as called ticet te plum tree,larc ad te eat

a is y am so muc ad so ltle

so ealty ad so destiue,

because come rom belo

rom te ear.


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Salud, decmos cada da,

a cada uno,

es Ia tarjeta de vsta

de Ia falsa bondad

y de a verdadea.

Es Ia campana paa econocenos:

aqu estamos, salud!

Se ye ben exstmos.

Salud salud saluda ste y a oo a qun,

y a cuchlo, a eneno

y a malvado.

Salud reconocedme,

soms guales y no nos queremos,

nos amamos y soms desguales,

cada uno con cucaaon un lamento especa,

encantado de se o de no se

hay que dsponer de anas manos

de tantos a bos para sone,

salud

que ya no queda tempo.

Salud

de entease de nada

Salud

de dedcanos a nosoros msmos

s es que nos queda alg de nosotros,

de nosotos msmos.

Salud


42/136

Salud e called out every day

to every single person

it is te calling cardof false indness

and of sincerity

ts e bell e are non by

ere e are salud!

ou ear it clearly e exist

Salud salud salud

to is one and tat one

and te oter one

to te poisoned nife

and to e assassn

Salud recognize me

e are equal and do not ie eac oe

e love eac oe and ae no equaleac of us it a spoon

it ou on sad story

aunted by being and not being:

e all need to ave so many ands

and so many ips to smle

salud!

time as aready passedSalud

to geting to no noing.

Salud

to deving ourseves o ourselves

if anying emains of us

of ouseves

Salud!

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oy cuntas oras van cayendo

en e pozo, en Ia red en e iempo:

son entas pero no se dieron treguasiguen cayendo unindose

primero como peces,

uego como pedradas o boteas.

abajo se enienden

as oras con os das,

con os meses,

con borrosos recuerdos,

noces desabiadas,

ropas, mujeres trenes y provincias,

e tiempo se acumua

y cada ora

se disueve en siencio

de desmenuza y caea cido de todos os vesigios

a agua negra

de Ia noce inversa.


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oday o many ours are falling

into te el ino te ne into time:

tey go soly but never stopped o restey eep on falling sarming togeter

at rst lie s

ten lie faling boles or sones

ere belo e ours come

to agree it te days,

it e monts

it blurred memories

it uninabited nigts

clotes, omen trains provinces

and time collects

our upon our

dissolves in silence

crumbles and falsinto te acid of all ruins

into te blac aer

of te invered nigt.


45/136

Cono micno iun

c y guno igo n p,

y ugo d nconrro cd

n Coombi n ququ, n Aquip,

comnc opcr d u nci.

Eo u ombrro

m b pcido cundo

ombr qu fro d oco,

d I rci mcny ugo u rquco, myordomo

d un fr n Vnu,

mino y guc n Gum.

Yo pn cmo, con mm dd,

o rcino o,

y con mmo oco, nimimdo

n mi cmpnr,con gop mpr pidr o m

p qu gun oig m cmpn

y conoc mi o, mi nc o,

ombr, dd muro o

por ro qu no in,

cmbib d rccio?

Enonc comprnd qu r yo,

qu rmo un obrn m

nr oro d por c 0 qu

oro d gu in nrrdo

con mno uc d n,

ncndo mp y n cuquir pr

dpuo un rbjo inrmnb


46/136

mt Micn Tiutn

f cnturi go in Jlp

nd lt fr c m found imin Colombi in quiqu in Arquip

bgn o ondr rlly id.

Hi d md

trng o m n

t mn por by trd

id by Micn cy

lr n rcc omn

in foundry in Vnul,

minr nd gorno in Guml.

ondrd o bing t m g,

only tr undrd yr old,

o m trd dydrming

in my oundry of bllly tring on or mtl

o t omon ill ound

nd no my oic, my ingulr oic

ti mn from d yr

iling rir t do no i

o cngd by o cng?

Tn undrood t

tt r on mor urior

mong or om nd tr

nd to of m ling qul burid,

tr nd crutd i nd

ly bing born nd ryr

id by n ndl .

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A r, mi rbu i r

quin omo qu cmo qu pnmo.

E m pio o nooro

m rpon6 con oo oo,

con o nr6n, con u bn

E pb6n nmigo.

Aqu omb, , tn co

mr mi r p

conmigo con mi pr pPro u como i m morirn

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To n o c oghr my rib n i: '

ho r h o h hnk

Th hi of hm of n m ih n y

ih hi pr fih ih hi fg.

H h nmy' forr.

rhp h mn h h righ

o mrr my ruh o i hppn

ih m n ih my fhr n o go

B ffr if hy h n hir h ino m.


49/136

C M

Hoy i: rg r

como curpo d Chi y dicd

como un for d n

y n cd rm gurd imono

d nur indb primr:

Qu d hoy? Tu d

Y mn yr no ucdido

no fu nngn d d u mno:

gurd o I ir on u pqu ombr cundo durm.

Y cd mn

m rg I id

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E D M

Tody dedice ti to ou you re ong

ie te body of Cie decte

ie n nie oernd in eery brnc you ber itne

to our indeibe pringime

Wt dy i tody? Your dy

And tomorro yeerdy it not ped

te dy neer ipped from your nd:

you gurd te un te er te ioe

in your ender do en you eep.

And in i y eery morning

you gie me ife.


51/136

Les con� qe en I cdd viv

en cer ce con nome de cpn

y es ce en mchedmre

pes vens de icores,

mcenes repeos de res.

No se pod r o venr

h ns genes

comiendo o escpendo o respindo

comprndo y vendiendo rjesodo me preci6 rine

odo es encendido

y er odo sonoro

como pr ceg o ensodecer.

Hce y iempo de es ce,

hce y empo qe no esccho nd,

cmi de esio, vivo enre s piedsy e movmeno de g

Aqe ce ve se mr6

de mees nres.


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i you id in ciy

on crin sr cd Cpin

sr s jmmd i popso sops, iquo sos

dprmn sors d i rubis

You r no b o com o go

ryr r pop

ing or spiing or bring,

buying nd sing cos.

smd o gir

rying s going

nd rying soundd

noug o bind or dfn

A ong im s pssd sinc is sr

i's bn ong m snc ' d nying,

cngd my , i mong sonsnd momn of r.

Myb s did

nur d.


53/136

D un vij vulvo l mismo punto

por qu?

Por qu no vulvo dond nts vivcls, pss continnts isls

dond tuv y stuv?

Por qu sr st sitio I frontr

qu m ligi6, qu tin st rcinto

sno un ltigo d ir vrticl

sobr mi rostro y uns flors ngrsqu l lrgo invirno murd y dspd?

Ay, qu m sln: st s

l proso l sor oiddo

d qu no s movi6

d st duro rcnto:

s fu qudndo inm6vil

st qu y s ndurciron us ojosy l crci6 un ydr n I mird


54/136

From my journey reurn o e me po

y?

Wy do never reurn o ere ued o ve ree ounrie oninen, ind

ere d omeing nd ?

Wy i e Fronier

eeed me, doe pe ve

eep ip of veri ir

bove my fe nd fe b foer

e ong ine be nd rip o piee?

O re ey rying o e me: e ve ere

e y one, e rrii genemn,

from ere e never en nyere

e yed in i roug pe:

e beme immobie

uni i eye rdenednd ivy gre in i re


55/136

Se uee yo como un c e

con co y rnu e

que uno mimo cndo de uno mimo

como de un rje eno de gujero

r de ndr denudo poque uee

quere e ome moje en gu pur

en ieno eemen, y no conigue

no oe poo de mimo

I mincu preocupc6nde i eii6 de i upo eprer

o pgr o deber o decubi,

como i yo fuer n impone

que eng que cepme o no ceprme

I ierr con u nombre ege,

en u ero de pede negr.


56/136

On rrn o lf if o n old o

nl nd lo o

pron ird of imlf of i fll of o

r o nd in rin

n o drn imf in pr r

in mnl ind, nd nno

b rrn o l of imlf

o l orry

or r id, n o o p i mind

or o py or o o o o dor

if r o mpon

i m p or no p m,

i lfy nm

in i r of bl ll.


57/136

c mpo n n j

cb n o:

pn n no n pro n pjoq o ncnt

Srb y gm

ntr pr

I rgno corr

mporb nc

ntr I o co y n jo rb

Yo m n cno

como n cbo o

no c n

q comnb corr

tr y ccr

cn con o c conocr I rr

pr nco

cmn noch y

conr n rno

h gr r rtgnoo

h gr I trnq

h r ncho y gr ght r pc ngo

pqo ro

pqo y op como n p mco

q jno cm pr

go pt g


58/136

Long ago on a journy

dscord a ir:

it as scarcly a cild a dog a birda nly born rir.

t as gurgling and moanng

among stons

of t ironstand sirra:

it as bggng for lif

btn t solituds of sy and sno

in disanc ig up

as as ary

as an old ors

nxt to t id cratur

tat as bgnning to un,

to jump and to go

to sng it a car oicto no art

stons passing tim

to al nig and day

to bcom tundr

until gting diy,

until nring t cam

until groing d and bringng atruntil bcoming pararcal and said upon,

ts small rr

small and cumsy as a mallic s

sdding scals as it passs

drops o assauld slr


59/136

un ro

qu orb ncr,

qu ib crcindon mi ojo.

A n cordir d mi pi

gun y c impo

yo i oqu y o

o q u n

un ido un onido nr pidr o qu n

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ie

cying o be bon,

going beoe my eyeThere n he mounin nge of my couny

t time nd long go

touched nd hed

tht hich being bon

hetbet ound mong he tone

tht hich being bon


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dro cndo y cmo

Cr n dd,

Robro in mbrgo

odo cmnn con prpoicion,

drbo no

q nicpn n o mcn,

n corporcion, n c

y m p cd omb con po

con pbr ciondorcomo n o brro ijo:

dnd n m pgno

A dnd mo

con I mcdr

prcor,

noindono n pbr

iindono con rd

A r d nooro c como I i

dd I prd ocin:

inn y n c

n d pormno:

y podmo cog como pic

d n d bcn por prdo dco cdo

cmino

in q nd qdr con nd,

oro o cr r rddo

dic

odo o no b


62/136

Pedro i he When nd he Ho

Clr migh y Of Coure

Robero men Neerhele:hey ll ih he help of prepoiion

derb, noun

h pile up n he ore

in he orporion in he ree

nd he eigh of eh mn eigh on me

on hi onneing ord

lie n od h:

here re hey going? myef.

Where re e going

ih merhndie

e hoe o refuly

rpped in lile ord,

dreed up in ne of ord?

Oer u he ruh fl

lie rin, he ongied ner

he ree ome nd go

full of priulr:

no e re ble o hng, le pere

in he drng room, from he blony, gin he llhe peehe h fel

ono he idel

ihou nyone being lef ih nyhing,

gold or ug, hone lie

hppine

ll hi unpoen


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no o

no i prc n cro,

pr mr ur

b o ci6n I mri,

I mri fi,

n no y ino r in objo

pb in ino

qu no n m y yo

ni m c ocn:mo mio ocupo:

no mn por fono

con urgnc

pr noicrno qu qu probio

r fic.


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unouchd

i m nohing crin xi

on hrd oodb or high of mr

of hppy mr

nohing hr r ony bing hou purpo

ord ihou dinion,

pon ju bn you nd m

h nvr lv h ofc

r oo buy:

hy lphon u

ih urgn voic

o ll u h i i forbiddn

o b hppy


65/136

U ma pquo,

do, pjaro o prro

dsvaido,

hirsuto tr pumas o po,

o oda Ia oh

abrado imido

Era ua oh xtsa

y sa Nra mar

todos sus ruos su frrtra

sus os d sa sus vidrios rotos

ora Ia roa im6vi sauda

E siio ra abiro y arsivo

dspus d ada op o atarata

Mi suo s osa

omo hiado Ia oh itrrumpida

y tos pquo sr pudo

oso pquo o io fmo

sufra asxia o br

pqua houa d door mido

ora Ia oh imsa d oaooa Ia torr ra d siio

u aima hrido

pquito

apas susurrat

bao vao d Ia oh

soo


66/136

A smal amal

pi bird or do,

defeseless ristled with feathers or fur,

heard i all iht

fevered howli

t was a vast ih

ad sla Nera he sea

all of s thuder its loai hadware

its tos of salt its lass broke

aais he immobile ok

the sea shddeed

The slee was ear ad ere

ater every bolt or shower

My sleep was shed

by the spii of the iterrpted iht

ad he he smal, shay be

small bear or sik hid

suffered asphyxia or fever

lle boe of sades a ryaaist the mmese iht of he oea,

aaist he bak owe of silee

woded aimal

so smal

barely whsperi

beeah he emptiess of h,

aloe


67/136

No ay muho que otar

para maaa

uado ya baje

a Bueosdas

es eesaro para m

este pa

de os uetos

de os aos

Ates de aba despus de Ia ortatamb aberta a so de fro

Ia eaa de u da turbueto

Debo de au esoy

eso o me pas y eso suede

metras tao as aas de oao

se mee predspuestasa a oa

y ada osa tee su raz6

sobre ada raz6 u movmeto

omo de ave mara que despea

de pedra o aua o aa otadora

Yo o ms maos deboamar vea uaquea

Aqu es o que teo o que debo

oa Ia ueta e ueto y e sodo

As ada maaa de m vda

trao de sueo oo sueo


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Thr ist muh o ,

tomorrow

wh o dowo Goodmori ad How ar you

what ray d

is this brad

of h storis

of th sos

Bfo daw ad afr uras

op to h su ris from th od

h ordry fors of a turbu day

a oy say am hr,

o tha ddt happ ad this happs

mawhi h oas aa ostay

ris ad fa, udto th wav,

ad vryhi has s raso

aross vry raso a movm

ik a sabrd ha taks ih

fom sto or watr or oa sawd

With my hads musbko sombody pas om

Hr is wha hav ad what ow

pas is to th ou h story ad th soud

Wh hs his pu for vry tomorrow of my f

o dram ou of aothr


69/136

obr Ia arna obr o

ma

d a a

a aras s d Ia a nta

an obr a pnas

d mi amo mpitrno

Ia a d ada da:

ra ia a t nido antor on s aa a pasado

oy qro pao bano

mpo d pap para na rama

d osa rd y d oas doadas

ao d a nnita pimara

q oy praba on o abo

y pap sprabaando oi6 Ia ia

a oa istmn

a ntana

o a baia on ria dsmdda

ob mi oa6n y sobr o

ramando

s sopdindom na opa

para nara na z m d aas

d timpo transpant

d ma

o


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t rais

over the sad over he roof

the themeof he rai

he o s of rai fa sowy

over he paes

of my everasti ove

this sat of every day

rai retur o your od est,

retur wih your eedes to the pas

today o for the whitest space,

wters whiteess for a bach

of ree rosebush ad ode roses

somethi of iie spri

that today was waiti uder a coudess sky

ad whiteess was waiwhe the rai retured

to sady drum

aaist the widow

the to dace with umeasured fury

over my heart ad over the roof

recaimi

is pace,aski me for a cup

o oce more wh eedes

with tasparet time,

with tears


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En pno ms d Junio

m sud6 una mur,

ms bin una naranja

Es onfuso panorama

oaron a a pura

ra una rfaga

un igo d uz

una oruga uravioa,

a vion niud d sopio

omo s jos fura o habiara

sa vsidura d sra

y por rror d asr6nomo

hubira nrado n mi asa


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n fst Jun

a woman nd my if

no was an oranTh sn is burrd

hy knokd on th doo

i was a ust of wnd

a whipash of iht,

an traviot tortois

fosd on it

wh th sownss of a sop

as if it wr fa away or on inhabitd

ths vstmn of sars

and by an rro of asronomy

had nrd my hos


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Es mpn rot

quir sin mbrgo n

mt hor s vd,

oor d sv tin mpn

oor d gu d snqus n bosqu,

oor d d n s hojs

E bron roto y vrd

I mpn d brus

y dormid

fu nrdd por s nrddrs

y d oor oro duo d bron

ps oor d rn

furon s mnos d gu

I humdd d I ost

qu dio vrdur mrnur I mpn

Es mpn ot

rrstrd n bruso mtorr

d mi jrdn svj

mpn vd hrid

hund sus itris n I hirbno m ndi ms no s ongrg

junto su op vrd

ms qu un mripos qu ppit

sob m do y vu huyndo

on s mris


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This broken bel

still wants to sing

the metal now is green,the color of woods, this bell

color of water in stone pools in the forest

color of day in the leaves.

The bronze cracked and green

the bell with its mouth open to the ground

and sleeping

was entangled in bindweed

and the hard golden coor of the bronze

turned the color of a frog:

it was the hands of wate,

the dampness of the coast

dealt green to the metaland tenderness to the bel

This broken bell

miserable n the rude thicket

of my wild garden,

green bell wounded,

its scars immersed in the grassit calls to no one anymore no one gathes

around ts green goblet

except one butterfly that flues

over the falen metal and flies off escaping

on yelow wings

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Quro sabr si ustd vin conmo

a no andar y no habar quiro

sabr si a n acanzarmos

Ia incomunicaci6n por n

ir con auin a vr air puro

Ia u istada d mar d cada da

o un objto trrsr

y no nr nada qu inrcambiar

por n, no introducir mrcadrascomo o hacan os cooniadors

cambiando barajias por sincio

Pao yo aqu por tu sincio

D acurdo yo doy mo

con una condici6n no comprndrnos


76/136

wat to kow if you om with m

toward ot walki ad ot paki wat

to kow if w aly wl raho ommuatio ally

oi wth omo to pur air

ray of lht ovr th daly a

or a ladboud objt

ad aly hav othi

to trad without ood to fuih

a th oloir had

xha oupo for i.

Hr purha your i

ar iv you mi

with o proviio that w ot udrtad ah othr

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( H V )

M scdi6 con l flano aql

comndado, apnas conocido

pasajro n l barco, l mismo baco

n q viaj faiado d rosros

Qis no vro f imposbl

M imps otro dbr conra m vida

sr amisoso n vz d ndifrnt

a casa d s pida mr,

aa y bla, con fos y con ojosAhora vo mi qivocaci6n

n s trst rlao d viajro

F nroso povincianamnt

No crci6 s mzqina condici6n

por mi mano d amio, n aql baco,s dsconanza n s sii6 ms frt

como si alin pdira convncr

a los q no cryon n s mismos

q no s mnoscabn n s rra

onra Ia propia somba As naciron

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( H V )

It happened to me with some fellow who came

with references, I was geing o know him

a passenger on the ship he same shipon which I was saiing, weary of faces

I wanted to avoid himit was mpossible

So, I set myself to do the righ hin g:

I woud be friendly raher than aloof

ye ony because of hs ho-blooded woman

tall and beauiful, blooming, and her eyes!

Now in ths ravelers sad tale

I see wha I did wrong

My generosiy was provincal.

His misery spirit didn't ge any beter

wih my friendly company on tha shphis lack of trus in himself grew worse

as if anyone were ever abe o convince

hose who never beieved n themselves

o no wound hemselves in heir war

against their own shadow They are as they were born

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No u rmo aso Ia ausa

d Ia rada, o,

ada pud matar ustro mjor

a bodad s sor, qu padmos

ba s Ia or d ombr, su oduta

y ada pura s Ia ba vrdad

y o Ia susurrat avosa

Smpr saqu d abr sdo mjor,mor qu yo mjor d o qu fu

Ia odora ms atura

robra aqu ptao pddo

d m maoa dtara

busar ua v ms Ia u qu aa

dto d m Ia u apab

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Nvr a ss, or th abs

of radur, o

oh s ab o k th bst us,that kdss, dar sr, w ar ad wth

bautfu s h fow of ma hs odut

ad vry door ops o th bautfu uth

ad vr hds rahrous whsps

aways ad somh from mak mysf btr

bttr ha am btr ha was,

that most subt ato

to rovr som ost pta

of h sadss hrd

to sarh o mor for h ht hat ss

sd of m h uwavr h

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S amarada, oa d jardn

y ora d bataa, ada da

u6n d or o anr

nuo mpo no ntr6 amarrado

a rar o jazmin

o a danrarno n una a oura

a vitud o door partion

n zona a, n mordnt braa

y no aba oa oa qu ir:o amno d o,

ant an ranitado por o ano,

n pobado por piata

Ya daparron o abao

o ro van vtido d batrao,o po vivn vao

porqu a ta mpr n oa pa,

n dond ya no tamo invado

y ay pa n a purta

Por o t amado pntmo,

dmo nooqu d mi ampana

a jardn, amarada a Ia azuna

a manzano, a av nanint,

6:


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Ys comrad t s th hour of th gardn

and th hour of batl ach day

flows from flowrs or bloodour ag commttd us bound

o watr h asmn

or o bld to dah n a dak strt

vru or sadnss scatrd thmslvs

across cold ons ovr btng mbrs

and thr was no ohr choc

th roads o th sky

onc ravld mostly by sans

now swarm wth xprts

Th horss hav alady dsappard

Th hros run aound drssd lk toadsand th mrrors lad mpty lvs

bcaus h party s always somwhr ls

somwh whr w ar no nvtd

and thr ar ghs n th doorways

That s why ts almost th last call

th sncr nthrngng o my bll

to th gardn comrad o h wht lly,

to th appl tr, o th stubborn carnaon,


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a Ia faaa d os azahars,

y uo a os dbs d a urra

Dada s ustra paia

y su dsudo o d uhio

ard ustra badra diada


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to th frara of ora bossoms

ad h to th duis of war

Sdr is our coury

ad o th akd d of kivs

hr dica fa burs.


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Dsd qu amaci6 co cutos hoy

s aimt6 s da?

ucs tas movimitos d oro

crfuas ucraas

otas d ua pstuas axioma

todos os matrias suprpustos

d trascurso doors xistcias

drchos y dbrs

ada s iua cuado dsasa dasu caridad y crc

y uo dbiia su podr

Hora po hora co ua cuchara

ca d cio cido

y as s hoy d da,

da d hoy

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After srse how may s

are eeded to ssta ths day?

etha hts ode rays cross the adcerfa owworms

drops of moo bsers axom

a matera spermposed

po tmes passae sadesses exsteces

rhs ad esposbes

oh s eqa whe the day eas away

at ts cear h ad rows

ad he oses ts power.

Hor afer hor oe spoof

of acd fas fom he sky,

as today fas from he day

from the day of hs day


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E pr prt d Vaparas

ma vsid d rra

m ha cntad n sab navar

sprta a mbstida,

vndava rm

a maina

das as frzas pan

n ss narics as

Vaparas prr pbr

adrand pr s crs,

pan s pis

d Ia ra

as mans d ma

Pt p q n pd sair

a s dstin abirt n a distancia aa

s

cm n trn d invirn

hacia Ia sdad

hacia mar mpacab

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ort, hs port of Vaparaso

poory drssd arth

has spok to m t dost kow how to sa awayt wthstads th assau

hurrca arthquak

h ocas wav

a h ms strk

s fracturd os

Vaparaso, wrtchd do

bark th hs

thy srk hm h f

of th ah

ad th hads of th sa

ort hs pot caot s sa

for a dstat ukow dsaoad t hows

ao

k a wr tra

toward sotud,

toward th mpacab sa


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Todos me preutaba udo parto

udo me voy As paree

que uo ubiera seado e sieiou orao terribe

irse de uaquier modo a aua parte

auque o quera irme a i ado.

Seores, o me voy

yo soy de quique

soy de as vias eras de arra,

de aua de Temuo

de Ia ierra deada,

soy y esoy

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Evrybody was aski m wh lav

wh am oi o o sms

o of us had scly sada rriyi coract

mus lav ay way ca for somwhr ls

thouh dot wat to o aywh

My frids, am ot oi

am from quiqu

am from h black vs of Para

from th watr of Tmuo,

from th sldr lad

am ad am hr


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Don Rpdo Rodr

no m onvn

doa naa Ada

no s m amor

paa anda on ms pasos amaros

hay q vvr adno

d as osas spsas

baro mada aro

mtasonstons d adro

ay q sab rra os ojos

n Ia ,

abros n a somba,

sprar


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S

Mr Speedy Rodrue

is ot m y compaio

Mrs Gowworm Audais ot my sweet-voiced over

to wak i my yeow seps

oe has to ive iside

o dese mater

mud wood quart

meta

brick buidis

oe has to kow how o cose his eyes

i he suiht

to ope them the shade,

to wai


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C E E

Gopearo a mi pera e 6 d e Aosto

ah o haba adie

y adie er6, se set6 e a sia

y rasrri6 omo adie

Na me ovidar de aqea aseia

qe eraba omo Pedro por s asa

y me satisfaa o o ser

o vao abiero a todo

Nadie me iterro6 s deir ada

y otest si ver y si habar

Q erevista espaiosa y espeia


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H

They kcked my dr the sixth f Auust:

bdy was stadi there

ad bdy tered sat dw i a chairad passed the time with me bdy

wi ever fret that absece

that etered me ike a ma eters his w huse

ad was satised with bei

a emptiess pe t everythi.

Nbdy questied me sayi thi,

ad aswered wihut seei r speaki

Such a spacius ad spei iterview


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AA

Ua rama d aromo, d mimosa,

fraat so d tumido iviro

ompr Ia fia d Vaparaso

y su o aomo y o aroma

hasta sa Nra

Cruzbamos Ia iba

ampos pados spiars duros,

tirras fras d Chi

(bao io morado

a arrta murta)

Sra amaro mudo

viaj ivra, sif

rpsuo dshabitado

si o m aompaara ada vzada simpr

a siz tra

d ua rama amaria


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B

A branh o f aaia of mimosa

frarant sun of th numb winr

shoppd at h Vaparaso fairand wih aaia and is sw sm

wnt on to sa Nra

W rossd in th mist

bar ds thorny thiks

od ands of Chi

(undr th purp sky

h dad hihway)

h word woud row bitr

on is wintr journy in ndssnss

n h uninhabitd dusk

if ah tim it didnt aompany mah and vry

h smp ruh

of a yow branh


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BAJAR

Viv u caj dod aba

a orar todo ao y todo prro

d Satiao d ChEa

Yo m crraba co a posa

trasporado a Jard d Abrt Samai

a sutuoso Hri d Rir,

a abaico au d Maarm

Nada mjor cotra Ia oria

d miars d prros suburbias

qu u crista rdomado

co pua scia, co u y cio

Ia vaa d Fracia parqus fros

por dod as satuas impcabs

ra -s itrcambiaba camisas d mrmo,

patiadas, suavsmas a tacto

d umrosos sios as

E aqu caj yo fui fi

Ms ard aos dspus,u d Embajador a os Jardis

Ya os potas s haba ido

Y as statuas o m cooa


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O R

ived o a aey where every cat ad do

Satiao Chie

cae to peet was 2

shut mysef i with poetry

that carried me to the Garde of Abert Saa

to the maice Her de Rer

to Maars bue fa

Nothi works better aaist the re

of thousads of suburba dos

tha a imaiatve crysta

with its pure essece with iht ad sky

the widow of Frace chy parks

throuhout which the impeccabe statues

it was 2 -were excha mabe shrts

their patias smoothed by the touch

of may eeat ceturies

O that aey, was happy

o afer years ater retured as Ambassador to the Gardes

The poets aready had eft

Ad the statues dd ot kow me


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A

M vin aqu a conar as campanas

qu vivn n mar

qu unan n mar,

dntro d mar

Por so vivo aqu


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H

ame here to ont the bes

that ive po the srfae of the sea,

that soud over the seawithin the sea.

So, here ive

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ada da a

dtro d ada oh

hay pozo

dod Ia laridad s rada

ay q stars a Ia orla

dl pozo d Ia somba

y psa lz ada

o paiia


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f each ay falls

insie each nigh

there exists a wellwhere carity s impisone

We nee to sit on the rim

of the well of arkness

an sh for falen light

with patience.


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o o s

Yo tal ez yo no ser, a ez no pue

no fui no i no estoy:

qu es esto Y en qu Junio en qu maera

crec hasta ahora connu nacieno?

No crec no crec segu murieno?

Yo repe en las puertas

el sonio e mar

e as campanas

yo pregun por m con embeeso

(con ansiea ms tare)

con cascabel con agua

con ulzura

sempre llegaba tare.

Ya estaba lejos mi anterioria,ya no me respona yo a m msmo

me haba io muchas eces yo.

Y fui a Ia pxima casa

a a prxima mujer

a toas partes

a pregunar por m por ti po toos:y one yo no esaba ya no esaban

oo estaba aco

porque sencillamene no era hoy

era maana


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VE RYBOD Y

perhaps I never will be, perhaps I was not able

never was, never saw don't exist

what is all this In which June, n what wooddid I grow unti now, being born and born again

I didnt grow never grew just went on dying?

In doorways I repeated

the sound of the sea

of the bels

I asked for mysef, with wonde

(and later with trembling hands),

with little bells with wate,

with sweetness

I was always ariving late.

I had traveled fa from who was,I could not answer any questions about myself

I had too oten let who I am

I went to the next house,

to the next woman

I taveled everywhere

asking for myself for you for everybody:and where I was not thee was no one

everywhee it was empty

because it wasnt today,

it was toorow.


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Por qu buscr en no

en cd pue en que no exisiemos

porque no hemos legdo od?

As fue como supe

que yo er excmente como t

y como odo el mundo.

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Why search n ain

n eery oor n whch we wll not exs

because we hae not are yet?

hat s how foun ou

that was exacty lke you

an lke eeyboy.


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Z

No traba en Domingo,

aunque nunca fui Dios

Ni el Lunes a Sbao

porque so criatura perezosa:

me conen con mirar las calles

one rabajaban lorano

pcapereros magistraos hombres

con herramienas o con ministerios.

Cerr oos mis ojos e una ez

para no cumplr con mis eberes

sa es Ia cosa

me susurraba a m mismo

con oas mis gargantas,

con toas ms manos

acarici soanoas piernas femeninas que pasaban olano

Luego beb ino tinto e Chile

urante einte as iez noches

Beb ese ino color amarano

que nos palpita que esaparece

en u garganta como un pez fluial

Debo agregar a ese esimonio

que ms are orm, orm orm

sin renegar e mi mala conucta

sn remorimientos

orm tan ben como si lloiera

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L A Z N E

never worked on Sunday

but I never claimed to be God.

I never worked Monday through Saturday,because I happen to be one azy creaure

I was saised to watch the seets

where everyone was working, weeping,

stonecutters ofcias, people

with tools or with ministries.

Once and for all, I cosed my eyes

so tha I woudnt face my debts:

that is the one thing

I kept whispering to mysef

in all my hroas,

and wih all my hands

I caressed in my daydreamswomen's legs as hey hurried past

Later I drank the red wine of Chile

for enty days and en nights.

I dank ha crimson-cooed wine

that beats inside us and disappears

in your throa like a sh in a seam

I must add to this confession

ha afer this I slept, sep and slep,

without rnouncing my evil ways

and wihou remorse:

I slep deeply, as if rain were faling


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interminablemente

sobre oas las islas

e este munoagujereano con agua celeste

Ia caja e os sueos.


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inermienly

er ll he islns

of his worlpiercng wh srry wer

he ches of my rems.


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N

A uigis qu nombre n bello

enes mujer e coz6n zul

es un nombre e ein

ue poco poco leg6 ls cocins

no reges6 los pcios

ugis

es hecho e slbs trenzs

como rcimos e os

ue cuelgn e ls igs.

Si mimos u nombe en noche

cuio! resplnece

como un r ese I ceniz

como un bs ere

escon en e tiempo.


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N

Oh ugis, you hae such a beautiful

name woman wih a blue heat

i is a name for a queenwho ltle by litle entere the kichens

an neer went back to the palaces.

uigis

is mae of sylabes ise togeher

like brais of garic

that hang from the raers.

f our eyes folow your name in he nigh,

wach ou! it glitters

like a ara taken from the ash,

like a buning green embe

hien in time


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Hay oros as que no han llegao an

que esn hacinose

como el pan o las sillas o el proucto

e as farmacias o e los talleres:

hay fbricas e as que enrn:

existen aresanos el alma

que leantan y pesan y preparan

ciertos as amargos o preciosos

que e repene llegan a Ia puertapara premiarnos con una naranja

o para asesinarnos e inmeiao.


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WE E WATING

There are ays that haen't rrie ye

that are being mae

lke brea or chairs or a procfrom he pharmacies or the wooshops

here are factories of ays o come

hey exis craftsmen of he sol

who raise an weigh an prepare

certain bter or beatifl ays

that arrie senly at the oor

to rewar s wh an orange

or o instantly mrer s


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L

De al e al seal6 e campaneo

hacia ese ao io a mucheumbe

o e siempe el noctuno azul e Chle

una palpiaci6n e esellas plias.

Vinieon ms los que no haban isto

nunca hasta ahoa o que sosena

el celo caa a caa noche

otos ms oos ms ms sopenios

y toos peguntaban 6ne a6ne?

Y el campaneo con gae paciencia

nicaba a noche con esellas

a misma noche e toas las noches


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S

Oer here oer there the bell ringer pointe

an in hat irecion the crow behel

the sal hing the ble eening of Chilea plsing of pale sars.

More people cae hose who ha neer seen

neer ntil now that which hos p

he sky eery ay an eery nigh

an more, many more, so many who were amaze

an they al were askng where where?

An the bel ringer with grae paence

was poining to the sarry nght,

a nigh the same as al other nights


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C U D D

Sbrbios e cia con ientes negros

y parees hambrientas

saciaas con harapos e papela basra esparcia

n hombre merto

entre las moscas e inierno

y Ia inmnicia

Santiago

cabeza e mi patra

pegaa a Ia gran corillera

a as naes e niee

rste herencia

e n siglo e seoras colinas

y caballeros e barba blanca

saes bastones sombreros e paa

ganes qe protegan as e gila

Santiago Ia hereaa

scia sangrienta escpia

riste y asesinaa

Ia hereamos

e los seores y s seoro.

Cmo laar t rostro

cia corazn nestro

hja malita

cmo

eolere Ia pie a primaera

Ia fragancia


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C Y

Suburb of the cit wih roten eeth

an aing wall

bloate on tater of poerhe catee rubbh

a ea bo

among winter lie

an he h

Santiago,

hea of m countr

faene o a great mounan ange

to hip of now

a legac

of a centur of fanc aie

an gentlemen wih white goaee

polihe waking tick, ler ha,

gloe ha hele againt the eagle' talon.

Saniago, inheriance,

lh bloo pit on he iewak

orrowfu an aainae

we inherit

from the lor an heir etae

How hal we wah o ace

c, ou own heart

wreche aughter

how o e

retore o kin, or prngtime

o fagrance


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ir contigo ia,

encendere encendida

cerar los ojos y barre u muere

hasta esuciarte y lorecerte

y dare nueas manos y ojos nueos

casas humanas loes en a uz!

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how may we lie with the liing you

o kinle your lame

o cose ou eyes an sweep asie your eath

unti you are breathing again an blossoming

an how o we gie you new hans an new eyes

human houses owers in he light!

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Se lama a una puera de pieda

en a cosa en Ia arena

con muchas manos de agua

a roca no responde.

Nadie ar. ama es peder agua

peder iempo.

Se lama, sin emargo

se gopeaodo e da y el ao

odo e siglo los siglos

Por n ago pas

a piedra es otra.

Hay una cua suae como un seno,hay un canal por donde pasa el agua

a oca no es Ia misma y es Ia msma

Al donde era duro e arecife

suae sue Ia ola por Ia puera

errese

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t knocks a a door of sone

n the coast on he sand

ih many hands of ater.The rock doesn respond.

Nobody il open it. o knock is a aste of ater

a aste of time

Still it knocks

it beats

every day and every year

every century of he centuries.

Finally somethng happened.

The stone is diffeen.

No it has a smooh curve ike a breast

t has a channel though hich aer los

the rock is no he same and is the same

There here he reef as mos rugged

the ave climbs smoothly over he doo

of earth


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Prd6n si po ms ojos no llg6

ms caridad q Ia spma marina,

prd6n porq m spaco

s xind sin amparo

y no mna

mon6tono s mi cano

mi paabra s n paro sombro,

fana d pdra y mar l dsconso

d n planta nrnal ncorrpbl.rd6n por sta scsi6n dl aga,

d Ia roca Ia spma, l dsao

d Ia maa: as s mi soldad:

brscos saltos d sal contra los mros

d mi scr s d al manra

q yo soy na part

dl inrnod a misma xnsn q s rpit

d campana n campana n tanas olas

y d n silncio como cablra

silncio d alga canto smrgido.

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orgve me my eyes see

no more cealy an sea foam

please fogive a my omgrows ouad wiou license

and neve sops

mooonous s my song

my word is a sadow bird,

fauna of sone and sea, e gef

o a wner plane ncoupble.

orgive me s sequence of waer

of rock of foam o e ides

deirium: is s my oneiness

sa in sudden leaps agains e wals

of my sece beng, in suc a way

a am a pa

of winerof e same a expanse a repeas

rom bel o bel, in wave ae wave

and from a sence lke a womans ar

a slence of seaweed a sunken song


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Sngrient fe od er de ombre

Tiempo ediccones rs llvi

borrn ls constelciones del crmen

lo cieo es qe n plnet tn peqeo

fe mi veces cbierto por I sngre

gerr o vengnz sechnz o bll

ceron ombres feron devordos,

lego el olvido fe impindo

cd mero cddo lgn vezn vgo monmento mentioso

veces n clsl de bronce,

lego converscones, ncimentos

mncipliddes el olvido

Q rtes tenemos pr el eterminio

q cienci pr etipr recerdos

Est oido lo qe fe sngrienoreprrse mchcos

p or vez mtr morr de nevo,

cbrir con floes I sngre.

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The hoe human earh as leeding

Tme, uildings, roues rain,

erase the conselaion o the crime,the ac is, his smal planet

has een covered a housand imes y ood,

ar or vengeance, amush or ale,

people ell, hey ere devoured

and aer olivion ped clean

each square meer somemes

a vague dishonest monumen,

oher imes a cause in ronze,

and still laer, conversations, iths,

onships, and hen olivon

Wha ats e have for eemnaion

and hat science o oliteae memory

What as oody s coveed ith oesOnce moe, young men, ready yourselves

or anoher chance o kil, to de again,

and o scater floers ove the lood


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rin6 el zorzal aro ro

de lo camo de Chie:

llamaba celebraba

eriba en e veno.

Era temrano

aq en invierno en a coa.

Qedaba n arrebo elee

como n degado trozo de bandera

lotando obre el marLego el color azl invadi6 el celo

hata qe odo e len6 de azl

orqe e e el deber de cada da

el an azl de cada da.


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The thrsh abled, pre bid

from he eds o Chile:

it as callig as praisigit as ritig o he i.

t arred eary

here i ite o the coast.

A ed glo ligeed o the horizo

like a h sip of flag

flyig aboe the sea

Later the color be iaded the sky

il eerythig led h ble

becase hat s eery days ask

the ble bread o eery day.


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A e e mr? My be que pe

Ddme

gr mp I de rz verde

No o e otr qe ee

e I bo de broe rptur

y hor d m, qero etr oo

o e mr prp y I mp

Qero o br por rg vez

eo, qero preder qero ber eo

O


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s te sea tere? Tell o come i.

Brig me

e great bell, oe of e gree ace.

o at oe e oter oe, te oe tat as

a crack i its broze mou,

ad o otig more, at to be aloe

i my essetial sea ad e bell.

do't at to speak fo a log me,

silece! still at to lear at o ko if exs.

Il


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Mtl s s

rs rs

u ll

ln

fN

rpn l spnz

sngrn sngr rr

sprtn tl z

pr r

s lns ntns xtrnjrssts lns ls sglss

trpz n ls ps.

ug sts js

l r nu

tu z n r

tus ns lrsn luz n luz

sr trr.

Fu tn ll r

un s!

l un s s zul s trrstr n un ur

nr ntr tus rs ns.


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Mtld yr r dy

lpng fr

r r tr gzng f

twtng my pn

bldng tru bld

prp wn

r m lt lpng

FI NA L E

ptl bd frgn wndw

wt unfrm f t lnt wlr

t lumn f ft.

And tn t jurny

nd my f rnwl

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yur nd tngn t lgt n my lgt

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A B OU H E AU H OR

al Neruda as rn Netal card eyes Basalt n arra

hle n 1904. He seved as cnsu n Burma n Myanmar and

held dpmatc psts n varus ast san and urpean cuntresn 945, a e years ater he jned the mmunst arty Neruda

as elected t the hlean Senate. Shrtly thereater hen hles

pltcal clmate t a sudden tun t the rght Neuda fled t

Mec and lved as an ele severa years. He later estalshed

a permanent hme at sla Negra. n 1970 he as appnted as hes

amassadr t France and n 1971 he as aarded the Nel rzen terature. al Neruda ded n 973.

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William O'Da pnt vntn a tranlating th lat and

pothumou potr of ablo Nruda. H ha publihd v othrbook of Nruda tranaion th Coppr Canon r a l a

a hapboo of hi on pom The hale in the eb

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