After my last post, I felt a little done, so I came across one of my drafts, which I thought would fit with that: living, dying, and growing again! I hope you will enjoy it.π
Pablo Neruda β I ask for silence
From the book’s collection of poems
Now, leave me alone.
Now, get used to it without me.
I am going to close my eyes
And I only want five things,
five favourite roots.
One is endless love.
The second thing is to experience autumn.
I can’t be without the leaves
fly and return to earth.
The third thing is the grave winter,
the rain that I loved, the caress
of fire in the wild cold.
Fourthly, summer
round like a watermelon.
The fifth thing is your eyes,
My beloved Matilda,
I don’t want to sleep without your eyes,
I don’t want to live without you looking at me:
I change the spring
why you keep looking at me.
Friends, that’s all I want.
It’s almost nothing and almost everything.
Now if you want you can go.
I have lived so long that one day
they will have to forget me by force,
erasing myself from the slate:
my heart was endless.
But why do I ask for silence?
Don’t think I’m going to die:
The opposite happens to me:
It happens that I’m going to live.
It happens that I am and that I continue.
It will not be, then, but within
grain will grow from me,
first, the grains that break
the earth to see the light,
but Mother Earth is dark:
and inside me, I am dark:
I am like a fountain in whose waters
the night leaves its stars
and continues alone through the field.
It’s about how much I’ve lived
that I want to live as long.
I never felt so in harmony,
I have never had so many kisses.
Now, as always, it’s early.
The light flies with its bees.
Leave me alone with the day.
I ask permission to be born.
Aww, the poet’s eternal words! Just beautiful. What a fantastic last line, with Neruda asking the reader for permission to leave, so that he can be reborn! Thank you for sharing Aladin.Β I’ll listen to the Cohen track a little later Hope you’re having a lovely, restful weekend. Love and light, Deborah.
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Who could ever better comment on this poem than a fabulous poet like you, my beautiful Deborah? I thank you for your encouragement. Blessing! ππ€ππ
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You have chosen a beautiful poem to share Aladin – pure healing after the horrors talked about in your previous post! Wishing you love, light and a peaceful weekend.
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I honestly had to wipe my wet eyes to read your words better. Thank you, my lovely Lin, along with the same wishes. I love you both, angels. π€π€βπ₯π₯°π€πππΉπΉ
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My friend, this is beautiful. I send YOU hugs that that the things you ask for right now seem further than ever.
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That is so lovely, my precious lady. I rest in your arms and dream of a better world. Thank you! xxxxx
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Then let us hope there is strength in dreams. Change in them too.
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Let’s do it, my dear Shehanne! xxxxππ
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Thanks a lot for sharing both this poem, which is absolutely magnificent ,Β Β and Cohen’s song π
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Thank you, my dear Luisa. I am happy to know you like this combination.π€ππ
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Glad you had a little left to give. A wonderful share! Thank you. π
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So do I, dear Michele. Thank you so much!ππ₯°πΉ
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Such a beautiful poem and post dear Aladin. I truly love this β€οΈ
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Thank you, my lovely RenΓ©. I appreciate your dear comment.πππ¦
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Itβs my pleasure Aladin! β€οΈπ
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It is always a pleasure for me to present something new, and thank you, dear Elaine, for your profound comment.
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A beautiful post. Thank you, Aladin!
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I did my best, dear Resa. Thank You!πππ
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This is my lifelong duality, Aladin. I crave alone time because it’s the only way I can think/create/self-evaluate/self-analyze/etc., but we are such social creatures that I also crave being with people so it’s always about balancing the two for me and I have to admit, I haven’t cracked the code yet.
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I know you are wise, which is the main point, my dear lady.
I admit, too, that cracking the code is not easy. However, as we both know, hope dies last!!ππ₯°π
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So we keep trying!ππ
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