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Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda. Chile’s most beloved poet. The life and times of Pablo Neruda. Born in Parral , Chile in 1904, died in 1973. Wrote his first book at 13, “ Entusiasmo y perseverancia ” - Real name: Ricardo Eliezer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto Supported the Spanish Civil

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Pablo Neruda

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  1. Pablo Neruda Chile’s most beloved poet

  2. The life and times of Pablo Neruda • Born in Parral, Chile in 1904, died in 1973. • Wrote his first book at 13, “Entusiasmo y perseverancia” - Real name:Ricardo EliezerNeftalíReyes Basoalto • Supported the Spanish Civil war, gathered money for Spain. • Wrote more than 700 poems, in green ink, Of hope. • Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.

  3. Famous Works • I Crave Your Mouth - Tengo Hambre de tu Boca The Well - El PozoYour Laughter - Tu RisaLove - Un AmorIf you forget me - Si tu me olvidasPoetry - PoesiaSo that you will hear me - Para que tu me oigasThe infinite one - La infinitaThe letter on the road - La carta en el camino

  4. Un Amor Portijunto a los jardinesreciénflorecidos me duelenlos perfumes de primavera.He olvidadoturostro, no recuerdotusmanos, ¿cómobesabantuslabios?Portiamolasblancasestatuasdormidas en los parques, lasblancasestatuasque no tienenvoznimirada.He olvidadotuvoz, tuvozalegre. He olvidadotusojos.Como unaflor a su perfume, estoyatado a turecuerdoimpreciso. Estoycerca del dolor comounaherida, si me tocas me dañarásirremediablemente. Tuscaricias me envuelvencomolasenredaderas a los murossombríos.He olvidadotuamor y sin embargo teadivinodetrás de todaslasventanas.Porti me duelen los pesados perfumes del estío: Portivuelvo a acechar los ginosqueprecipitan los deseos, lasestrellas en fuga, los objetosquecaen. 

  5. One Love • Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers I ache from the His old lover left him, and heperfumes of spring. is in a grieving state. I have forgotten your face, I no longer remember your hands; He forgot how did his lover lookhow did your lips feel on mine? and how she kissed,Because of you, I love the white statues drowsing in the parks,  He enjoys looking at the white the white statues that have neither voice nor sight. Statues, reminds them of her.I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice; I have forgotten your eyes.Like a flower to its perfume, I am bound to my vague memory of He cannot forget her, it painsyou. I live with pain that is like a wound; if you touch me, you will him, and if he sees her againdo me irreparable harm. it will harm him.Your caresses enfold me, like climbing vines on melancholy walls. He remembers how she used I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to glimpse you in every To hug him. He misses herwindow. image, yet cannot rememberher love.Because of you, the heady perfumes of summer pain me; because He is havingof you, I again seek out the signs that precipitate desires: shooting an emotional breakdown, he stars, falling objects.  desires her old lover terribly.

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