The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Neruda, Pablo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Introduction from BOOK OF TWILIGHT/CREPUSCULARIO (1920–1923)

FAREWELL AND SOBS

Love

MARURI’S TWILIGHTS

If God Is in My Verse My Soul

from TWENTY LOVE POEMS AND A SONG OF DESPAIR/VEINTE POEMAS DE AMOR Y UNA CANCIÓN DESESPERADA (1923–1924)

TWENTY LOVE POEMS

I. Body of Woman II. The Light Wraps You IX. Drunk with Pines X. Hemos perdido aun We Have Lost Even XII. Your Breast Is Enough XIII. I Have Gone Marking XIV. Every Day You Play XV. Me gustas cuando callas I Like for You to Be Still XVII. Thinking, Tangling Shadows XVIII. Here I Love You XX. Tonight I Can Write

LA CANCIÓN DESESPERADA THE SONG OF DESPAIR

from RESIDENCE ON EARTH/RESIDENCÍA EN LA TIERRA (1925–1945)

RESIDENCE I

I. Dead Gallop Alliance (Sonata) The Dawn’s Debility Unity Joachim’s Absence Fantasma Phantom Slow Lament We Together Tyranny Serenade Ars Poetica Ars Poetica Sonata and Destructions II. La noche del soldado The Night of the Soldier Contradicted Communications The Young Monarch III. Single Gentleman The Ghost of the Cargo Boat The Widower’s Tango IV. It Means Shadows

RESIDENCE II

I. One Day Stands Out Sólo la muerte Only Death II. Walking Around Walking Around Walking Around Disaction The Destroyed Street Melancholy in the Families Maternity III. Ode with a Lament Material nupcial Nuptial Substance Sexual Water V. Oda a Federico García Lorca Ode to Federico García Lorca Ode to Federico García Lorca The Disinterred One VI. The Clock Fallen into the Sea Autumn Returns There Is No Oblivion (Sonata)

RESIDENCE III

I. The Drowned Woman of the Sky Waltz Brussels Naciendo en los bosques Born in the Woods II: Furies and Sorrows III: Meeting Under New Flags IV: Spain in Our Heart Invocation Bombardment/Curse Spain Poor Through the Fault of the Rich Tradition Madrid (1936) Song for the Mothers of Slain Militiamen Song to the Mothers of Dead Loyalists What Spain Was Like Batalla del Río Jarama Battle of the Jarama River Almería General Franco in Hell Triumph Landscape After a Battle Madrid (1937) Solar Ode to the Army of the People V. Canto a Stalingrado Song to Stalingrad Tina Modotti ha muerto Tina Modotti Is Dead Seventh of November: Ode to a Day of Victories Song on the Death and Resurrection of Luis Companys Song to the Red Army on Its Arrival at the Gates of Prussia

from CANTO GENERAL/CANTO GENERAL (1938–1949)

I: A LAMP ON EARTH

I. Amor America (1400) Vegetation III. The Birds Arrive IV. Los ríos acuden The Rivers Come Forth Orinoco Amazon V. Minerals VI. Man

II: THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU

I. From Air to Air III. El ser como el maíz Being like Maize V. It Was Not You VIII. Come Up with Me, American Love IX. Interstellar Eagle X. Stone Within Stone XII. Sube a nacer Arise to Birth

III. THE CONQUISTADORS

I. They Come Through the Islands (1493) IV. Cortés V. Cholula VI. Alvarado VII. Guatemala IX. The Head on the Spear X. Homage to Balboa XV. La línea colorada The Red Line XVI. Elegy XX. Land and Man Unite XXII. Ercilla

IV: THE LIBERATORS

I. Cuauhtemoc (1520) II. Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Brother Bartolomé de Las Casas III. Advancing in the Lands of Chile VIII. Lautaro (1550) XI. Lautaro Against the Centaur (1554) XVII. Commoners from Socorro (1781) XVIII. Tupac Amaru (1781) XIX. Insurgent America (1800) XXI. San Martín (1810) XXVII. Guayaquil (1822) XXXVII. Sandino (1926) XLII. The Tyrants Again XLIII. Llegará el día The Day Will Come

V: THE SAND BETRAYED

Perhaps, perhaps oblivion… I. The Hangmen Doctor Francia Rosas (1829–1849) Estrada Machado Martínez (1932) II. The Oligarchies Election in Chimborongo (1947) Diplomats (1948) The Bordellos Standard Oil Co. La United Fruit Co. United Fruit Co. The Beggars The Indians The Judges IV. Chronicle of 1948 (America) Paraguay Cuba The Traitor Acuso I Accuse The Victorious People

VI: AMERICA, I DO NOT INVOKE YOUR NAME IN VAIN

I. From Above (1942) II. An Assassin Sleeps III. On the Coast IV. Winter in the South, on Horseback V. Los crímenes Crimes VI. Youth VII. Climates VIII. Varadero en Cuba Varadero in Cuba XI. Hunger in the South XIII. A Rose XIV. Life and Death of a Butterfly XV. The Man Buried in the Pampa XVIII. America XIX. America, I Do Not Invoke Your Name in Vain

VII: CANTO GENERAL OF CHILE

Eternity II. I Want to Return to the South (1941) V. Saddlery Pottery Shop VII. Atacama X. Untilled Zones XII. Botánica Botany XV. Rider in the Rain XVI. Chile’s Seas

VIII: THE EARTH’S NAME IS JUAN

I. Cristóbal Miranda (Shoveler, Tocopilla) VII. Antonio Bernales (Fisherman, Colombia) XII. Maestro Huerta (from the “La Despreciada” Mine, Antofagasta) XVI. Catastrophe in Sewell XVII. The Earth’s Name Is Juan

IX: LET THE WOODCUTTER AWAKEN

III. Beyond Your Lands, America

X: THE FUGITIVE (1948)

I IV X XII XIII

XI: THE FLOWERS OF PUNITAQUI

II. Brother Pablo VII. Gold X. El poeta The Poet XI. Death in the World XII. Mankind

XII: THE RIVERS OF SONG

I. Carta a Miguel Otero Silva, en Caracas (1949) Letter to Miguel Otero Silva, in Caracas (1949) V. To Miguel Hernández, Murdered in the Prisons of Spain

XIII: NEW YEAR’S CHORALE FOR THE COUNTRY IN DARKNESS

VIII. Chile’s Voices XIV. I Recall the Sea XV. There’s No Forgiving XVII. Happy Year to My Country in Darkness

XIV: THE GREAT OCEAN

IV. The Men and the Islands V. Rapa Nui VIII. The Oceanics IX. Antarctica XI. La muerte Death XII. The Wave XVII. The Enigmas XXI. Leviathan XXIII. Not Only the Albatross

XIV: I AM

I. The Frontier (1904) III. The House VI. The Traveler (1927) VII. Far from Here X. The War (1936) XI. Love

from THE CAPTAIN’S VERSES / LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITÁN (1951–1952)

LOVE

In You the Earth The Queen The Potter September 8 Tus manos Your Hands Tu risa Your Laughter The Fickle One The Son

THE FURIES

The Hurt El sueño The Dream Oblivion You Would Come

LIVES

The Mountain and the River The Flag Little America Epithalamium La carta en el camino Letter on the Road

from ELEMENTAL ODES/ODAS ELEMENTALES (1952–1957)

ELEMENTAL ODES

The Invisible Man Oda a la alcachofa Ode to the Artichoke Ode to the Artichoke Oda al átomo Ode to the Atom Oda a la crítica Ode to Criticism Ode to Numbers Ode to the Past Ode to Laziness Ode to the Earth Ode to My Suit Ode to Sadness Ode to Wine

NEW ELEMENTAL ODES

Oda a la crítica (II) Ode to Criticism (II) Oda al diccionario Ode to the Dictionary Ode to the Seagull Ode to Firefoot Oda a Walt Whitman Ode to Walt Whitman

THIRD BOOK OF ODES

Ode to Bees Ode to Bicycles Ode to a Village Movie Theater Ode to Age Ode to a Stamp Album Ode to Maize Ode to the Double Autumn Oda al viejo poeta Ode to an Aged Poet

from EXTRAVAGARIA/ESTRAVAGARIO (1957–1958)

To Rise to the Sky …

Pido silencio I Ask for Silence I’m Asking for Silence And the City Now Has Gone Repertoire With Her Point Fear Cuánto pasa en un día How Much Happens in a Day Soliloquy at Twilight V Horses We Are Many To the Foot from Its Child Aquí vivimos This Is Where We Live Getaway The Unhappy One Pastoral Bestiary Autumn Testament

from VOYAGES AND HOMECOMINGS/NAVEGACIONES Y REGRESOS (1957–1959)

Ode to Things Ode to the Chair

from ONE HUNDRED LOVE SONNETS/CIEN SONETOS DE AMOR (1957–1959)

MORNING

III IV IV VI IX IX XI XVI XVII XXVII

MIDDAY

XXXIV XXXIV XXXIX XL XLVII XLVIII XLVIII L LIII

EVENING

LV LIX LXIII LXXVI LXXVI

NIGHT

LXXX XC XCI XCV XCVII C

from SONG OF PROTEST/CANCIÓN DE GESTA (1958–1968)

IV. Cuba Appears VI. Ancient History XI. Treason XII. Death XIX. To Fidel Castro XXII. So Is My Life XXVII. Caribbean Birds XXIX. No me lo pidan Do Not Ask Me XXXV. The “Free” Press XL. Tomorrow Throughout the Caribbean

from THE STONES OF CHILE/LAS PIEDRAS DE CHILE (1959–1961)

History The Bull Solitudes The Stones of Chile The Blind Statue Buey Ox Theater of the Gods Yo volveré I Will Return The Ship The Creation The Turtle Las piedras y los pájaros The Stones and the Birds Al caminante To the Traveler Stones for María Nada más Nothing More

from CEREMONIAL SONGS/CANTOS CEREMONIALES (1959–1961)

THE UNBURIED WOMAN OF PAITA

Prologue I. The Peruvian Coast II. The Unburied Woman III. The Sea and Manuelita IV. We Will Not Find Her V. The Absent Lover VI. Portrait VII. In Vain We Search for You VIII. Material Manuela IX. The Game X. Riddle XI. Epitaph XII. She XIII. Questions XIV. Of All Silence XV. Who Knows XVI. Exiles I Don’t Understand XVII. The Loneliness XVIII. The Flower XIX. Goodbye XX. The Resurrected Woman XXI. Invocation XXII. Now We Are Leaving Paita

THE BULL

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

CORDILLERAS

I II III IV V VI

CATACLYSM

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII

LAUTRÉAMONT RECONQUISTADO

I II III IV V VI

LAUTRÉAMONT RECONQUERED

I II III IV V VI

OCEAN LADY

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI

from FULLY EMPOWERED/PLENOS PODERES (1961–1962)

Deber del poeta The Poet’s Obligation The Word Ocean The Sea It Is Born Planet Serenata Serenade To Wash a Child Ode to Ironing To the Dead Poor Man Goodbyes Spring To Don Asterio Alarcón, Clocksmith of Valparaíso The Night in Isla Negra Past El pueblo The People Plenos poderes Fully Empowered

from ISLA NEGRA/MEMORIAL DE ISLA NEGRA (1962–1964)

I. WHERE THE RAIN IS BORN

The First Journey The Father The First Sea The South Sex La poesía Poetry Shyness Swan Lake The Human Condition Superstitions The Rooming House on the Calle Maruri

II. THE MOON IN THE LABYRINTH

Loves: Terusa (I) Loves: Terusa (II) Bread-Poetry My Crazy Friends First Travelings Opium in the East Monsoons October Fullness Lost Letters

III. CRUEL FIRE

Ay! Mi ciudad perdida Oh, My Lost City Tal vez cambié desde entonces Perhaps I’ve Changed Since Then Revolutions The Unknown One Insomnia Goodbye to the Snow Tides Exilio Exile

IV. THE HUNTER AFTER ROOTS

Brother Cordillera What Is Born with Me Appointment with Winter The Hero The Forest Night Mexican Serenade Para la envidia To Envy

V. CRITICAL SONATA

Ars Magnetica To Those at Odds Day Dawns Solitude It Is Not Necessary Memory The Long Day Called Thursday What We Accept Without Wanting To El futuro es espacio The Future Is Space

from ART OF BIRDS/ARTE DE PÁJAROS (1962–1965)

Migración Migration PAJARINTOS

Wandering Albatross American Kestrel Guanay Cormorant Slender-Billed Parakeet Gray Gull Magellanic Woodpecker

INTERMISSION

Chilean Lapwing Chilean Mockingbird

PAJARANTES

Dodobird

from A HOUSE IN THE SAND/UNA CASA EN LA ARENA (1956–1966)

Amor para este libro Love for This Book

from LA BARCAROLA/LA BARCAROLA (1964–1967)

The Watersong Ends

from THE HANDS OF DAY/LAS MANOS DEL DÍA (1967–1968)

I. Guilty XL. In Vietnam LVIII. El Pasado The Past LX. Verb

from WORLD’S END/FIN DEL MUNDO (1968–1969)

VII

The Seeker

The Sadder Century

from SEAQUAKE/MAREMOTO (1968)

Maremoto Seaquake Starfish Jaiva Farewell to the Offerings of the Sea

from STILL ANOTHER DAY/AÚN (1969)

VI VII XII XVII XVII XX XXVIII

from THE FLAMING SWORD/LA ESPADA ENCENDIDA (1969–1970)

XVIII. Someone

from STONES FROM THE SKY/LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO (1970)

I II V XI XI XIII XV XIX XXIII XXVIII XXVIII

from BARREN TERRAIN/GEOGRAFÍA INFRUCTUOSA (1969–1972)

Numbered

from THE SEPARATE ROSE/LA ROSA SEPARADA (1971–1972)

Men II Men IX Men X Los hombres XI Men XI Men XIV

from A CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NIXON AND PRAISE FOR THE CHILEAN REVOLUTION / INCITACIÓN AL NIXONICIDIO Y ALABANZA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN CHILENA (1972–1973)

I. I Begin by Invoking Walt Whitman II. I Say Goodbye to Other Subjects V. The Judgment VII. Victory IX. I Call upon You XIII. Come with Me XVIII. Portrait of the Man XXV. Against Death XXX. Mar y amor de Quevedo The Sea and the Love of Quevedo XXXII. September 4, 1970

from THE SEA AND THE BELLS/EL MAR Y LAS CAMPANAS (1971–1973)

Buscar To Search I Am Grateful My Name Was Reyes I Will Tell You A Small Animal It Rains This Broken Bell

from 2000/2000 (1971)

I. The Masks IV. La tierra The Earth IX. Celebration

from ELEGY/ELEGÍA (1971–1972)

XIV

from THE YELLOW HEART/EL CORAZÓN AMARILLO (1971–1972)

I Still Get Around Love Song Reject the Lightning Disasters Morning with Air El tiempo que no se perdió Time That Wasn’t Lost Suburbs

from WINTER GARDEN/JARDÍN DE INVIERNO (1971–1973)

The Egoist Gautama Cristo Gautama Christ Modestly With Quevedo, in Springtime Winter Garden In Memory of Manuel and Benjamín Animal of Light Un perro ha muerto A Dog Has Died La estrella The Star

from THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS/LIBRO DE LAS PREGUNTAS (1971–1973)

I VII IX IX X XI XXI XXXIX XXXIX XLI XLV LXV LXXII

from SELECTED FAILINGS/DEFECTOS ESCOGIDOS (1971–1973)

Triste canción para aburrir a cualquiera Sad Song to Bore Everyone El Gran Orinador The Great Urinator

HOMAGE: FOURTEEN OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING AT PABLO NERUDA

MIGUEL ALGARÍN

I. Puerto Rico, Puerto Pobre [Song of Protest] XV. I Come from the South [Song of Protest]

APRIL BERNARD

From My Journey [The Sea and the Bells]

ROBERT BLY

I Wish the Woodcutter Would Wake Up [Canto General] The Strike [Canto General] Ode to the Watermelon [Voyages and Homecomings]

RAFAEL CAMPO

XLIV [One Hundred Love Sonnets] LXVI [One Hundred Love Sonnets] XCIV [One Hundred Love Sonnets]

MARTÍN ESPADA

The Celestial Poets [Canto General] In Salvador, Death [Song of Protest] Octopi [Seaquake]

EDWARD HIRSCH

Ode to the Book I [Elemental Odes] Ode to the Book II [Elemental Odes]

JANE HIRSHFIELD

Ode to Time [Elemental Odes]

GALWAY KINNELL

I Explain a Few Things [Residence on Earth]

PHILIP LEVINE

Ode to Salt [Elemental Odes]

W. S. MERWIN

V. So That You Will Hear Me [Twenty Love Poems] XVI. In My Sky at Twilight [Twenty Love Poems]

PAUL MULDOON

Ode to a Hare-Boy [Elemental Odes]

GARY SOTO

House [Ceremonial Songs]

MARK STRAND

Ode to the Smell of Firewood [New Elemental Odes] Ode to a Pair of Socks [New Elemental Odes] Ode to Enchanted Light [Third Book of Odes]

JAMES WRIGHT

Toussaint L’Ouverture [Canto General]

Bibliography

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