Something Borrowed
Sunday, 16. August 2009, 02:16:22
I'm borrowing this one from Pablo Neruda for today's post. I don't usually have favorite literary things, I like them all so much, but I think this is one of my favorite poems ever. I adore the ending lines, "made for my arms, made for my kisses, made for my soul." I think I've always wanted someone to feel that for me. Always wanted to be that one, that captivating one for him above and beyond anyone else.
It's taken from The Captain's Verses, and translated by Donald D. Walsh, whoever that is
Interestingly enough on Amazon it has only recieved 5 
reviews. Although there's no way I would consider amazon's star system a great guage of the worthiness of books, in this case they've gotten it right. First is Spanish, then English follows below because I couldn't figure out how to make them appear side by side.
muse
El Inconstante
Los ojos se me fueron
tras una morena que pasó.
Era de nácar negro,
era de uvas moradas,
y me azotó la sangre
con su cola de fuego.
Detrás de todas
me voy.
Pasó una clara rubia
como una planta de oro
balanceando sus dones.
Y mi boca se fue
como una ola
descargando en su pecho
relámpagos de sangre.
Detrás de todas
me voy.
Pero a ti, sin moverme,
sin verte, tú distante,
van mi sangre y mis besos,
morena y clara mía,
alta y pequeña mía,
ancha y delgada mía,
mi fea, me hermosura,
hecha de todo el oro
y de toda la plata,
hecha de todo el trigo
y de toda la tierra,
hecha de toda el agua
de los olas marinas,
hecha para mis brazos,
hecha para mis besos,
hecha para mi alma.
The Fickle One
My eyes went away from me
following a dark girl who went by.
She was made of black mother-of-pearl,
made of dark-purple grapes,
and she lashed my blood
with her tail of fire.
After them all
I go.
A pale blond went by
like a golden plant
swaying her gifts.
And my mouth went
like a wave
discharging on her breast
lightningbolts of blood.
After them all
I go.
But to you, without my moving,
without seeing you, distant you
go my blood and my kisses,
my dark one and my fair one,
my tall one and my little one,
my broad one and my slender one,
my ugly one, my beauty
made of all the gold
and of all the silver,
made of all the wheat
and of all the earth,
made of all the water
of the sea waves,
made for my arms,
made for my kisses,
made for my soul.
It's taken from The Captain's Verses, and translated by Donald D. Walsh, whoever that is
Interestingly enough on Amazon it has only recieved 5 reviews. Although there's no way I would consider amazon's star system a great guage of the worthiness of books, in this case they've gotten it right. First is Spanish, then English follows below because I couldn't figure out how to make them appear side by side. museEl Inconstante
Los ojos se me fueron
tras una morena que pasó.
Era de nácar negro,
era de uvas moradas,
y me azotó la sangre
con su cola de fuego.
Detrás de todas
me voy.
Pasó una clara rubia
como una planta de oro
balanceando sus dones.
Y mi boca se fue
como una ola
descargando en su pecho
relámpagos de sangre.
Detrás de todas
me voy.
Pero a ti, sin moverme,
sin verte, tú distante,
van mi sangre y mis besos,
morena y clara mía,
alta y pequeña mía,
ancha y delgada mía,
mi fea, me hermosura,
hecha de todo el oro
y de toda la plata,
hecha de todo el trigo
y de toda la tierra,
hecha de toda el agua
de los olas marinas,
hecha para mis brazos,
hecha para mis besos,
hecha para mi alma.
The Fickle One
My eyes went away from me
following a dark girl who went by.
She was made of black mother-of-pearl,
made of dark-purple grapes,
and she lashed my blood
with her tail of fire.
After them all
I go.
A pale blond went by
like a golden plant
swaying her gifts.
And my mouth went
like a wave
discharging on her breast
lightningbolts of blood.
After them all
I go.
But to you, without my moving,
without seeing you, distant you
go my blood and my kisses,
my dark one and my fair one,
my tall one and my little one,
my broad one and my slender one,
my ugly one, my beauty
made of all the gold
and of all the silver,
made of all the wheat
and of all the earth,
made of all the water
of the sea waves,
made for my arms,
made for my kisses,
made for my soul.
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