The Sea and the Bells

A complete English translation of Pablo Neruda's El mar y las campanas (The Sea and the Bells) appears in a bilingual edition by noted Neruda translator William O'Daly. Sea salt, foam, ocean waves, the sound of bells carrying over the water, his love for his wife Matilde, the migratory birds and winter rain of southern Chile, the birth in gunfire of his country, the destiny of the Chilean people—all of these passions helped guide Neruda's "flight of spirit" as he composed The Sea and the Be...