Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.
Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,
because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?
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Who wrote the poem "Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day"?
Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973)
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet and politician who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He wrote in various styles, including surrealist poems and passionate love poems. After Neruda experienced Spanish Civil War as a diplomat in Spain, he became a devoted Communist for the rest of his life. Neruda is often called one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
"Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day" explanation
In the poem, the speaker pleads with his
beloved not to leave him. Using various metaphors, he expresses his love for
his beloved and his fear for a seemingly imminent parting, even alluding to
death: “may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach,” “may your eyelids
never flutter into the empty distance.”
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