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The Light Wraps You (by Pablo Neruda)

The light wraps you in its mortal flame.Abstracted pale mourner, standing that wayagainst the old propellers of the twilightthat

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I

I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at

The memory of you emerges from the night around me. The river mingles its stubborn lament with the sea. Deserted