I like you calm, as if you were absent,
and you hear me far-off, and my voice does not touch you.
It seems that your eyelids have taken to flying:
it seems that a kiss has sealed up your mouth.
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I like you calm As my voice won't touch you Your calm poem is sung by many As if you were absent to see us. But your calm voice is heard by us Our hearts are too beating in calm Lending a ear to hear more from you! Beautiful is the poem from you Dear Poet..loved reading it..
love this poem very much and is a shame that the true meaning gets lost in translation
Neruda is simple awesome...but much more if read in original Spanish
Awesome I like this poem, check mine out