THE POEM OF PABLO NERUDA

I dont love u as if u were the salt-rose,topaz or arrow of

carnation that propagate fire :

I love u as certain dark things are

loved,secretly,between the shadow

and the soul.

I love u as the plant that doesn't

bloom and carries hidden within

it self the light of those flower,and

thanks to your love,darkly in my

body lives the dense fragance that

rises from the earth.

I love u without knowing how,or

when,or from where,

I love u simply,without problems

or pride : I love u in this way

because I don't know any other way

of loving.

[SONET XVII ]