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Comment 6 of 16, added on October 13th, 2005 at 8:40 AM.
i listened to the tracks on the way to work one morning.. never imagined such words could move me to tears... and it still tugs my heart whenever i listen or read them.. these are my favourite lines..
"love is so short, forgetting them so long"
sad.. but just so honest and true.
lilredcherries from Singapore
Comment 5 of 16, added on September 29th, 2005 at 9:46 AM.
Neruda's brilliance lies in writing this simple poem on love which is a tribute to his beloved but one that is fraught with pain and longing. The contradictions regarding feelings for his beloved against the magical background of the starry night suggests the harmony that love can bring but at the same time not ensure the permanency of the beloved's presence and/or feelings.this is clearly a self-reflexive poem that comments on the art and act of writing as the beloved is a source of inspiration and jealosy as well since she has moved on leaving him to combat his emotions by himself.It is finally the act of writing that acts as a salvation and seems to contribute to the healing process. the poem remains an enigma but beautifuuly portrays the feelings of a young person who has experienced immensely the power of love.
Neeta Singh from India
Comment 4 of 16, added on August 19th, 2005 at 9:25 AM.
I agree that true love can only wish for the beloved's happiness and freedom. If I remember correctly, the lonliness eventually fades...I think the poem says it all..and so perfectly..as it captures the beloveds inner struggle..I loves her...then he will say I no longer love her..but a few lines later..he says I loved her and then I love her...This is the inner struggle when you go through something like this..inside you go back and forth..its amazing how he catches that..that I would not try to even write my own on the subject. I like the ending..because it shows he is going to move on..and he makes it a definite point to stop writing about her..In order to do so. The fact that he has to say it..shows how hard it is for him to do.. Its like he wants her to know he is moving on..otherwise he would not havse said anything..but I think the whole thing was a painful process..Just my interpretation...
Juliana from United States
Comment 3 of 16, added on August 17th, 2005 at 12:11 AM.
The longing and pineing of this poem is the perfect idea of a person with unrequited love. The image of the starry night makes his love a fluid beauty. I can see him writing this poem next to an open window on a clear night. He put into words the way I feel.
Jennifer Hoag from United States
Comment 2 of 16, added on April 4th, 2005 at 4:55 PM.
I'm saddened to see this new system able to bring up only one poem by the great W. S. Merwin, and that one only a translation, as if he were not himself among the finest poets ever to write in English.
Poetry Connection may become able to integrate and deliver massive information for the online appreciator of poetry, but it is sad that today in response to inquiry on Merwin it offers only Pablo Neruda's "Tonight I Can Write". This is no very special poem in English notwithstanding Merwin's brilliance. It may be heart-rendingly beautiful in Spanish by sound and literary echo lost in English, but it certainly does not do what I seek in poetry. I hate to labor the point, but when I look for Merwin I do not want Neruda. --rms
Robert M. Shelby from United States
Comment 1 of 16, added on January 11th, 2005 at 9:14 AM.
A jilted lover wallows in sadness as he realizes his beloved has left him for another. The difficulty of reconciling the romantic "starry night" with his beclouded loneliness epitomizes a lover in pain amidst his beloved's happiness in someone else's arms. True love can only wish for the beloved's happiness and freedom.
millie t. ocampo from Philippines
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i listened to the tracks on the way to work one morning.. never imagined such words could move me to tears... and it still tugs my heart whenever i listen or read them.. these are my favourite lines..
"love is so short, forgetting them so long"
sad.. but just so honest and true.
lilredcherries from Singapore