Girl lithe and tawny, the sun that forms the fruits, that plumps the grains, that curls seaweeds filled your body with joy, and your luminous eyes and your mouth that has the smile of the water. A black yearning sun is braided into the strands of your black mane, when you stretch your arms. You play with the sun as with a little brook and it leaves two dark pools in your eyes.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the profound beauty and joy of love, personifying the beloved with nature's elements.
In this quote, Pablo Neruda illustrates a deep connection between love and the natural world, showcasing the beloved as a radiant figure imbued with the essence of sunlight and joy. The vivid imagery not only highlights the physical beauty of the person described but also emphasizes the emotional and spiritual impact they have on the speaker, suggesting that love is intertwined with nature and brings profound joy and yearning.
In practice
In a romantic speech at a wedding, one might reference this quote to express the beauty of love.
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this time puts its burning fingers to our faces. Who will erase the ruthlessness hidden in innocent blood?
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.” - Verb.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.
He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Belinda stared into the fire for some time, thinking about what she had in her life, and what she had given up; and whether it would be worse to love someone who was no longer there, or not to love someone who was.
Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.
Something in your eyes captured my soul, and every night I see you in my dreams. You're all I know. I can't let go.
Her feelings were her own, and could not be altered from outside. It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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