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Twenty love poems and a song of despair, Pablo Neruda ; translated by W.S. Merwin ; introduction by Cristina García ; cover illustration by Andy Warhol

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-60)

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no index present

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Twenty love poems and a song of despair

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Pablo Neruda ; translated by W.S. Merwin ; introduction by Cristina García ; cover illustration by Andy Warhol

Penguin classics

First published in 1924, Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada remains among Neruda's most popular work. Daringly metaphorical, these poems are based upon his own private associations. Their sensuous use of nature symbolism to celebrate love and to express grief has not been surpassed in the literature of our century. This edition offers the original Spanish text, with masterly translations by W.S. Merwin on facing pages

Cuerpo de mujer = Body of a woman -- En su llama mortal = Light wraps you -- Ah vastedad de pinos = Ah vastness of pines -- Es la mañana llena = Morning is full -- Para que tú me oigas = So that you will hear me -- Te recuerdo como eras = I remember you as you were --Inclinado en las tardes = Leaning into the afternoons -- Abeja blanca = White bee -- Ebrio de trementina = Drunk with pines -- Hermos perdido aun = We have lost even -- Casi fuera del cielo = Almost out of the sky --Para mi corazón = Your breast is enough -- He ido marcando = I have gone marking -- Juegas todo los días = Every day you play -- Me gustas cuando callas = I like for you to be still -- En mi cielo al crepúsculo = In my sky at twilight -- Pensando, enredando sombras = Thinking, tangling shadows -- Aquí te amo = Here I love you -- Niña morena y ágil = Girl lithe and tawny -- Puedo escribir = Tonight I can write -- La Canción Desesperada = Song of despair

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