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I can write the saddest verses tonight
by Pablo Neruda – (1904-1973)
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I can write the saddest verses tonight.
To write, for example: « the night is starred,
and the cosmos seem to be twinkling from afar. «
The wind at night turns in the sky and sings.
I can write the saddest verses tonight.
I wanted her, and sometimes she also wanted me.
In nights such as this one I had her in my arms.
I kissed her so many times under the infinite sky.
I wanted her, and sometimes she also wanted me.
How not to have loved her lovingly intense stare.
I can write the saddest verses tonight.
To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have
lost her.
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22.09.1999