"I like that you are silent, as if you disappeared, you listen to me from a distance, but my voice cannot touch you" This is the opening line of that song

"I like that you are silent, as if you have disappeared. You listen to me from a distance, but my voice cannot touch you." This is not a lyric, but a poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda A love poem created by the poet, titled "I Like You to Be Silent".

Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,?

I like you to be silent,

y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca .?

It’s as if you disappeared,

It’s like you disappeared from everything. emerge from the things that fill my soul.

You are like my soul, a dream butterfly. You are like the word melancholy.

I like you to be silent, as if you are far away.

Me gustas cuando callas y estás como distante.

You hear me from afar, my voice cannot touch you :

What is the difference between silence and también?

Let me be silent in your silence. And let me speak to you through your silence,

simple como un anillo.?

Your silence is as bright as a lamp, as simple as a ring,

Eres como la noche, callada y constelada.

You are like the night, with loneliness and stars.

Tu silent estrella, tan lejano y sencillo.

Your silence is the silence of the stars, distant and bright.

Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente.?

I like that you are silent, as if you disappeared,

Distante y dolorosa como si hubieras muerto.?

Distant and sad, as if you were dead.

Una palabra entonces, una sonrisa bastan.

At that time, one word, one smile, was enough.

Y estoy alegre, alegre de que no sea cierto.

And I will feel happy, feel happy because it is not true. ?

Extended information:

Pablo Neruda’s poetry not only inherits the tradition of Spanish national poetry, but also accepts the influence of French modernist poetry such as Baudelaire; It not only absorbed the characteristics of Chilean national poetry, but also found its favorite form from the creation of Walt Whitman. His early collection of love poems, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Desperation, is considered one of his most famous works.

The content of "I Like You Are Silent" directly expresses the poet's love for the silence and tranquility of his lover, but in the end it reveals the poet's desire to break this silence: even a word or a look can make the poet I know you are not really dead, or let me know you love me so that I will be happy. Therefore, this poem not only expresses the poet's love, but also expresses the poet's desire to get a response from his lover.

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