Tag Archives: Pablo Neruda

Translating Neruda (Agua Sexual)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by elisabethwithaness

I share my hometown (Temuco, Chile) with beloved Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda. Although Neruda died in 1973, when I was just a wee girl, still, I like to think that Neruda and I drank of the same water, breathed the same … Continue reading →

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I like you when you are quiet

Posted on April 4, 2013 by elisabethwithaness

This morning, apropos of nothing better to do —which is not to say there aren’t many things to do, just, no thing better than translating some favorite lines of verse— I bring you my translation of Pablo Neruda’s Sonnet 15 … Continue reading →

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