Neruda: I Like For You To Be Still (Glenn Close)

Glenn Close reads the poem 'I Like For You To Be Still' by Pablo Neruda:
I like for you to be still
It is as though you are absent
And you hear me from far away
And my voice does not touch you
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth
As all things are filled with my soul
You emerge from the things
Filled with my soul
You are like my soul
A butterfly of dream
And you are like the word: Melancholy

I like for you to be still
And you seem far away
It sounds as though you are lamenting
A butterfly cooing like a dove
And you hear me from far away
And my voice does not reach you
Let me come to be still in your silence
And let me talk to you with your silence
That is bright as a lamp
Simple, as a ring
You are like the night
With its stillness and constellations
Your silence is that of a star
As remote and candid

I like for you to be still
It is as though you are absent
Distant and full of sorrow
So you would've died
One word then, One smile is enough
And I'm happy;
Happy that it's not true

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Pablo
• Neruda
• Glenn
• Close

[snorkfr0ken]

Where is this taken from?

[krisb130]

Soundtrack CD for 'Il Postino' (The Postman), 1994, a Pablo Neruda film. Or do you ask about the picture? It was taken in a Norwegian fjord.

[Lovelaiddown]

Glenn Close's voice is sooo perfect for this particular poem by Him..

[LaFarfalla246]

I absolutely love Pablo Neruda's poetry as his words are so deep and sometimes dark but always really beautiful and Glenn Close's voice suited this poem perfectly.

[Tuffieha]

@matthewofbaldwin ~ Believe and you can make it :) Good Luck!

[Rx4pabulum]

Simply the best!



[matthewofbaldwin]

I love this poem and this poet.It is the dream of my life to write with half this skill-if I make I will die in peace.

[tompouceful]

@quenuca You are an unbelievlble - eh unbevielebel - eh no - unbvliebelel - eh, wait a minute, give me a second great grease master - eh grease master the great, you are to big for my words. It's you're not your master. Indeed you're master of the poetry translation. YOU'RE RIGHT.

[spangleJ]

It's always good to add the translator's name and acknowledge that is one person's interpretation of the poem.

[Jauregui412]

this is beautiful, but its 1OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOO times much better in spanish

[BlueberryPieBomb]

Oh it's way way way waaaay better in Spanish, but I like it :)

[Amyranda]

Of course , it Is better in spanish be cause Neruda Wrote That in Spanish (sorry for my words i speak spanish)