"Ritual" Rito de Iniciacion

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 Cien Sonetos de Amor: XVII
From selected poems of Pablo Neruda
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 Para el con hermoso profundo fuego dentro de el
y trae el don de la curacion para mi...
For the one with beautiful deep fire within him
and who brings the gift of healing to me...
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I don't love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz,
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as one loves certain obscure things
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that does not bloom but carries
the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself,
and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose
from the earth lives dimly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I don't know any other way
to love,
except in this form in which I am not nor are you,
so close that your hand upon my chest is mine,
so close that your eyes close with my dreams.
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....tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueno
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