Friday, January 3, 2003

Sonnet Xvii Comments

Rating: 4.5

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
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Lily lemon pepper 05 August 2022

There's a lot of subtle differences between the English and original Spanish version a lot is lost in translation so I can't imagine how much better the Spanish one is

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Collin 28 March 2022

I love you because I know no other way

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 September 2020

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way Because i have no other way than to love you. tony

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Poetic Sky 31 August 2020

Fantastic I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

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Cristobal obregon 08 March 2020

Better love fix than drugs

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Sanjibsaha Aniketa 24 December 2019

love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way...... true feelings

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cynthia thomas 08 September 2019

imagine this, where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. then I awaking to a dream of being alone in my bed again, think about it....

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cynthia thomas 08 September 2019

imagine this, where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. then I awaking to the dream being alone in my bed again, think about it.....

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Adeeb Alfateh 11 July 2019

I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. great poem great write great 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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AkiraA 26 March 2019

PG13. I get it. I'll save this poem for some fine leisure, sometimes later.

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Whitley Capulet 16 February 2019

It makes me teary-eyed to read it... so beautiful.

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Courtney 07 February 2019

Would anyone know what year this poem is from?

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Raj Nagar 30 December 2018

Brilliant love poem.

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Unnikrishnan E S 02 December 2018

“ “I love you because I know no other way” “ What a state-of-the-art love, that is selfless, undemanding, and the poet says, straight forward. Only the eternal lover Neruda can write this.

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Britte Ninad 20 May 2018

excellent loving words- I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

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Ayoub en-nasri 23 March 2018

Real love removes the pain and fear , and restores out true soul back to life .

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Namgyel 26 January 2018

No Rhyme. Just prose.

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Rae Seagull 07 October 2017

so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. Simply superb. The best

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Hassan Hayati 22 July 2017

I love you since I know no other way

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ken palmer 12 May 2017

love your diction so distilled...

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