The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda offers the most comprehensive English-language collection ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century--in any language" (Gabriel García Márquez). "In his work a continent awakens to consciousness." So wrote the Swedish Academy in awarding the Nobel Prize to Pablo Neruda, the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and one of Latin America's most revered writers, lionized during his lifetime as "the people's poet." This selection of Neruda's poetry, the most comprehensive single volume available in English, presents nearly six hundred poems, scores of them in new and sometimes multiple translations, and many accompanied by the Spanish original. In his introduction, Ilan Stavans situates Neruda in his native milieu as well as in a contemporary English-language one, and a group of new translations by leading poets testifies to Neruda's enduring, vibrant legacy among English-speaking writers and readers today.

Pablo Neruda (1904-73), one of the renowned poets of the twentieth century, was born in Farral, Chile. He shared the World Peace Prize with Paul Robeson and Pablo Picasso in 1950, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. His books include Residence on Earth, Canto General, Extravagaria, and Isla Negra.

continued XII: THE RIVERS OF SONG I. Carta a Miguel Otero Silva, en Caracas (1949) Letter to Miguel Otero Silva, in Caracas (1949) V. To Miguel Hernández, Murdered in the Prisons of Spain XIII: NEW YEAR'S CHORALE FOR THE COUNTRY IN DARKNESS VIII. Chile's Voices XIV. I Recall the Sea XV. There's No Forgiving XVII. Happy Year to My Country in Darkness XIV: THE GREAT OCEAN IV. The Men and the Islands V. Rapa Nui VIII. The Oceanics IX. Antarctica XI. La muerte Death XII. The Wave XVII. The Enigmas XXI. Leviathan XXIII. Not Only the Albatross XIV: I AM I. The Frontier (1904) III. The House VI. The Traveler (1927) VII. Far from Here X. The War (1936) XI. Love from THE CAPTAIN'S VERSES/ LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITÁN (1951-1952) LOVE In You the Earth The Queen The Potter September 8 Tus manos Your Hands Tu risa Your Laughter The Fickle One The Son THE FURIES The Hurt El sueño The Dream Oblivion You Would Come LIVES The Mountain and the River The Flag Little America Epithalamium La carta en el camino Letter on the Road from ELEMENTAL ODES/ ODAS ELEMENTALES (1952-1957) The Invisible Man Oda a la alcachofa Ode to the Artichoke Ode to the Artichoke Oda al átomo Ode to the Atom Oda a la crítica Ode to Criticism ri0Ode to Numbers Ode to the Past Ode to Laziness Ode to the Earth Ode to My Suit Ode to Sadness Ode to Wine NEW ELEMENTAL ODES Oda a la crítica (II) Ode to Criticism (II) Oda al dicdonario Ode to the Dictionary Ode to the Seagull Ode to Firefoot Oda a Walt Whitman Ode to Walt Whitman THIRD BOOK OF ODES Ode to Bees Ode to Bicycles Ode to a Village Movie Theater Ode to Age Ode to a Stamp Album Ode to Maize Ode to the Double Autumn Oda al viejo poeta Ode to an Aged Poet from EXTRAVAGARIA/ ESTRAVAGARIO (1957-1958) To Rise to the Sky . . . Pido silencio I Ask for Silence I'm Asking for Silence And the City Now Has Gone Repertoire With Her Point Fear Cuánto pasa en un día How Much Happens in a Day Soliloquy at Twilight V Horses We Are Many To the Foot from Its Child Aquí vivimos This Is Where We Live Getaway The Unhappy One Pastoral Bestiary Autumn Testament from VOYAGES AND HOMECOMINGS/ NAVEGACIONES Y REGRESOS (1957-1959) Ode to Things Ode to the Chair from ONE HUNDRED LOVE SONNETS/ CIEN SONETOS DE AMOR (1957-1959) MORNING III IV IV VI IX IX XI XVI XVII XXVII MIDDAY XXXIV XXXIV XXXIX XL XLVII XLVIII XLVIII L LIII EVENING LV LIX LXIII LXXVI LXXVI NIGHT LXXX XC XCI XCV XCVII C fromp0 SONG OF PROTEST/ CANCIÓN DE GESTA (1958-1968) IV. Cuba Appears VI. Ancient History XI. Treason XII. Death XIX. To Fidel Castro XXII. So Is My Life XXVII. Caribbean Birds XXIX. No me lo pidan Do Not Ask Me XXXV. The "Free" Press XL. Tomorrow Throughout the Caribbean from THE STONES OF CHILE/ LAS PIEDRAS DE CHILE (1959-1961) History The Bull Solitudes The Stones of Chile The Blind Statue Buey Ox Theater of the Gods Yo volveré I Will Return The Ship The Creation The Turtle Las piedras y los pájaros The Stones and the Birds Al caminante To the Traveler Stones for María Nada más Nothing More from CEREMONIAL SONGS/ CANTOS CEREMONIALES (1959-1961) THE UNBURIED WOMAN OF PAITA Prologue I. The Peruvian Coast II. The Unburied Woman III. The Sea and Manuelita IV. We Will Not Find Her V. The Absent Lover VI. Portrait VII. In Vain We Search for You VIII. Material Manuela IX. The Game IX. Riddle XI. Epitaph XII. She XIII. Questions XIV. Of All Silence XV. Who Knows XVI. Exiles I Don't Understand XVII. The Loneliness XVII. The Flower XIX. Goodbye XX. The Resurrected Woman XXI. Invocation XXII. Now We Are Leaving Paita THE BULL I II III IV V VI VII s22VIII IX CORDILLERAS I II III IV V VI CATACLYSM I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII LAUTRÉAMONT RECONQUISTADO I II III IV V VI LAUTRÉAMONT RECONQUERED I II III IV V VI OCEAN LADY I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI from FULLY EMPOWERED/ PLENOS PODERES (1961-1962) 0Deber del poeta The Poet's Obligation The Word Ocean The Sea It Is Born Planet Serenata Serenade To Wash a Child Ode to Ironing To the Dead Poor Man Goodbyes Spring To Don Asterio Alarcón, Clocksmith of Valparaíso The Night in Isla Negra Past El pueblo The People Plenos poderes Fully Empowered from ISLA NEGRA/ MEMORIAL DE ISLA NEGRA (1962-1964) I. WHERE THE RAIN IS BORN The First Journey The Father The First Sea The South Sex La poesía Poetry Shyness Swan Lake The Human Condition Superstitions The Rooming House on the Calle Maruri II. THE MOON IN THE LABYRINTH Loves: Terusa (I) Loves: Terusa (II) Bread-Poetry My Crazy Friends First Travelings Opium in the East Monsoons October Fullness Lost Letters i0III. CRUEL FIRE Ay! Mi ciudad perdida Oh, My Lost City Tal vez cambié desde entonces Perhaps I've Changed Since Then Revolutions The Unknown One Insomnia Goodbye to the Snow Tides Exilio Exile IV. THE HUNTER AFTER ROOTS Brother Cordillera What Is Born with Me Appointment with Winter The Hero The Forest Night Mexican Serenade Para la envidia To Envy V. CRITICAL SONATA Ars Magnetica To Those at Odds Day Dawns Solitude It Is Not Necessary Memory The Long Day Called Thursday What We Accept Without Wanting To El futuro es espacio The Future Is Space from ART OF BIRDS/ ARTE DE PÁJAROS (1962-1965) Migracíon Migration PAJARINTOS Wandering Albatross American Kestrel Guanay Cormorant Slender-Billed Parakeet Gray Gull Magellanic Woodpecker INTERMISSION Chilean Lapwing Chilean Mockingbird PAJARANTES Dodobird from A HOUSE IN THE SAND/ UNA CASA EN LA ARENA (1956-1966) Amor para este libro Love for This Book from LA BARCAROLA/ LA BARCAROLA (1964-1967) The Watersong Ends from THE HANDS OF DAY/ LAS MANOS DEL DÍA (1967-1968) I. Guilty XL. In Vietnam LVIII. El Pasado The Past LX. Verb from WORLD'S END/ FIN DEL MUNDO (1968-1969) VII The Seeker XI The Sadder Century from SEAQUAKE/ MAREMOTO (1968) Maremoto Seaquake Starfish i0Jaiva Farewell to the Offerings of the Sea from STILL ANOTHER DAY/ AÚN (1969) VI VII XII XVII XVII XX XXVIII from THE FLAMING SWORD/ LA ESPADA ENCENDIDA (1969-1970) XVIII. Someone from STONES FROM THE SKY/ LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO (1970) I II V XI XI XIII XV XIX XXIII XXVIII XXVIII from BARREN TERRAIN/ GEOGRAFÍA INFRUCTUOSA (1969-1972) Numbered from THE SEPARATE ROSE/ LA ROSA SEPARADA (1971-1972) Men II Men IX Men X Los hombres XI Men XI Men XIV from A CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NIXON AND PRAISE FOR THE CHILEAN REVOLUTION/INCITACIÓN AL NIXONICIDIO Y ALABANZA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN CHILENA (1972-1973) I. I Begin by Invoking Walt Whitman II. I Say Goodbye to Other Subjects V. The Judgment VII. Victory IX. I Call upon You XVIII. Come with Me XVIII. Portrait of the Man XXV. Against Death XXX. Mar y amor de Quevedo The Sea and the Love of Quevedo XXXII. September 4, 1970 from THE SEA AND THE BELLS/ EL MAR Y LAS CAMPANAS (1971-1973) Buscar To Search I Am Grateful My Name Was Reyes I Will Tell You A Small Animal It Rains This Broken Bell from 2000/ 2000 (1971) I. The Masks IV. La tierra The Earth IX. Celebration from ELEGY/ ELEGÍA (1971-1972) XIV par from THE YELLOW HEART/ EL CORAZÓN AMARILLO (1971-1972) I Still Get Around Love Song Reject the Lightning Disasters Morning with Air El tiempo que no se perdió Time That Wasn't Lost Suburbs from WINTER GARDEN/ JARDÍN DE INVIERNO (1971-1973) The Egoist Gautama Cristo Gautama Christ Modestly With Quevedo, in Springtime Winter Garden In Memory of Manuel and Benjamín Animal of Light Un perro ha muerto A Dog Has Died La estrella The Star from THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS/ LIBRO DE LAS PREGUNTAS (1971-1973) I VII IX IX X XI XXI XXXIX XXXIX XLI XLV LXV LXXII from SELECTED FAILINGS/ DEFECTOS ESCOGIDOS (1971-1973) Triste canción para aburrir a cualquiera Sad Song to Bore Everyone El Gran Orinador The Great Urinator HOMAGE: FOURTEEN OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING AT PABLO NERUDA MIGUEL ALGARÍN Puerto Rico, Puerto Pobre [Song of Protest] I Come from the South [Song of Protest] APRIL BERNARD From My Journey [The Sea and the Bells] ROBERT BLY I Wish the Woodcutter Would Wake Up [Canto General] The Strike [Canto General] Ode to the Watermelon [Voyages and Homecomings] RAFAEL CAMPO XLIV [One Hundred Love Sonnets] LXVI [One Hundred Love Sonnets] XCIV [One Hundred Love Sonnets] MARTÍN ESPADA The Celestial Poets [Canto General] In Salvador, Death [Song of Protest] Octopi [Seaquake] EDWARD HIRSCH Ode to the Book I [Elemental Odes] Ode to the Book II [Elemental Odes] JANE HIRSHFIELD 0 Ode to Time [Elemental Odes] GALWAY KINNELL I Explain a Few Things [Residence on Earth] PHILIP LEVINE Ode to Salt [Elemental Odes] W. S. MERWIN V. So That You Will Hear Me [Twenty Love Poems] XVI. In My Sky at Twilight [Twenty Love Poems] PAUL MULDOON Ode to a Hare-Boy [Elemental Odes] GARY SOTO House [Ceremonial Songs] MARK STRAND Ode to the Smell of Firewood [New Elemental Odes] Ode to a Pair of Socks [New Elemental Odes] Ode to Enchanted Light [Third Book of Odes] JAMES WRIGHT Toussaint L'Ouverture [Canto General] Bibliography Spanish Editions Translations into English Biographical and Critical Works Notes on Neruda's Life and Poetry Acknowledgments Index of First Lines