20 poemas de amor y una canci�n desesperada

by Pablo Neruda

Overview

This book, originally published in 1924, occupies a privileged place within the vast and always current work of Pablo Neruda. It is not only one of his most popular works, but also the one that best reflects the chiaroscuro of love: vehemence, joy and exaltation, but also anxiety, uncertainty and melancholy. It is a collection of timeless beauty and passionate lyricism in whose pages the impulse of modernism still beats but where you can appreciate the glimpses of the formal renewal of poetry that the author starred.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9786074003697
Publisher:	Editorial Oceano de Mexico
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	4.75(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Pablo Neruda, whose real name was Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, is one of the most important poets in Latin America and a key figure in universal lyrics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. His extensive bibliography includes: Elementary Odes, The Captain's Verses, Residence on Earth and General Song, among many other works.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1904

Date of Death:

September 23, 1973

Place of Birth:

Parral, Chile

Place of Death:

Santiago, Chile

Education:

University of Chile, Santiago

Read an Excerpt

Poema 1

 

Cuerpo de mujer, blancas colinas, muslos blancos,

te pareces al mundo en tu actitud de entrega.

Mi cuerpo de labriego salvaje te socava

y hace saltar el hijo del fondo de la tierra.

 

Fui solo como un túnel. De mí huían los pájaros

y en mí la noche entraba su invasión poderosa.

Para sobrevivirme te forjé como un arma,

como una flecha en mi arco, como una piedra en mi honda.

 

Pero cae la hora de la venganza, y te amo.

Cuerpo de piel, de musgo, de leche ávida y firme.

Ah los vasos del pecho! Ah los ojos de ausencia!

Ah las rosas del pubis! Ah tu voz lenta y triste!

 

Cuerpo de mujer mía, persistirá en tu gracia.

Mi sed, mi ansia sin limite, mi camino indeciso!

Oscuros cauces donde la sed eterna sigue,

y la fatiga sigue, y el dolor infinito.

© 1924 Pablo Neruda y Herederos de Pablo Neruda