If You Forget Me
(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.
(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.
Se tu mi dimentichi
(Pablo Neruda)
Voglio che tu sappia
Una cosa.
Tu sai com’è questa cosa:
se guardo
la luna di cristallo, il ramo rosso
del lento autunno alla mia finestra,
se tocco
vicino al fuoco
l’impalpabile cenere
o il rugoso corpo della legna,
tutto mi conduce a te,
come se cio’ che esiste
aromi, luce, metalli,
fossero piccole navi che vanno
verso le tue isole che m’attendono.
Orbene,
se a poco a poco cessi di amarmi
cesserò d’amarti poco a poco.
Se d’improvviso
mi dimentichi,
non cercarmi,
che già ti avrò dimenticata
Se consideri lungo e pazzo
il vento di bandiere
Che passa per la mia vita
e ti decidi
a lasciarmi sulla riva
del cuore in cui ho le radici,
pensa
che in quel giorno,
in quell’ora,
leverò in alto le braccia
e le mie radici usciranno
a cercare altra terra.
Ma
se ogni giorno,
ogni ora
senti che a me sei destinata
con dolcezza implacabile.
Se ogni giorno sale
alle tue labbra un fiore a cercarmi,
ahi, amor mio, ahi mia,
in me tutto quel fuoco si ripete,
in me nulla si spegne né si dimentica,
il mio amore si nutre del tuo amore, amata,
e finchè tu vivrai starà tra le tue braccia
senza uscire dalle mie.
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