<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=476145" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>XVII (I do not love you...)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,<br>or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.<br>I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,<br>in secret, between the shadow and the soul.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I love you as the plant that never blooms<br>but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;<br>thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,<br>risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.<br>I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;<br>so I love you because I know no other way</div><div style="margin:10px 0">than this: where I does not exist, nor you,<br>so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,<br>so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Translated by Stephen Tapscott</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Anonymous Submission</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Pablo+Neruda">Pablo Neruda</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=476145" data-title="XVII (I do not love you...) de Pablo Neruda" data-description="I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms but car..."></div> </div> </div>

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