If You Forget Me

If You Forget Me - by Pablo Neruda

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine

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[LilyGipsy]

Very nice video and a great poem from a great poet, Neruda!

[lancelotdulacbr]

Hi Lily... Thank you very much for your comment... Cheers!!!

[Poetivity]

I love the poem.

[lancelotdulacbr]

Thanks for watching Poetivity...Cheers!!!!

[goldkitten66]

Intimate...thats the mood that flows from the vid. Beautiful

[lancelotdulacbr]

Thanks for your nice comment goldkitten66...I really appreciated..Obrigado!!!

[yaoisemeuke]

I am trying to write about this poem for my english class, but I cant find anything about it. I don't even know when it was written. Anyone know anything? Can anyone help?

[AntaresInScorpius]

ahhh this reminds me of a certain brasdoll, named janaina!!!

[duvaldallas]

i dont understand how its disturbing

i always thought it was kind of touching

[wickedcpie]

d poem is written by pablo neruda ^_^

[vineyardedge]

Wow that is a really lovely poem :) Nice video :)