If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Another of Pablo Neruda's simple love poems. The feelings he portrays aren't particularly laudable but they are very human and touching and realistic, reflecting what most people would feel...
The walking tree is a 3D image from Tom Troceen's site:
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The flower at the lips is a desktop wallpaper:
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The posy at the end is a bunch of forget-me-nots.
If you forget me
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
Quiero que sepas
una cosa.
Tú sabes cómo es esto:
si miro
la luna de cristal, la rama roja
del lento otoño en mi ventana,
si toco
junto al fuego
la impalpable ceniza
o el arrugado cuerpo de la leña,
todo me lleva a ti,
como si todo lo que existe:
aromas, luz, metales,
fueran pequeños barcos que navegan
hacia las islas tuyas que me aguardan.
Ahora bien,
si poco a poco dejas de quererme
dejaré de quererte poco a poco.
Si de pronto
me olvidas
no me busques,
que ya te habré olvidado.
Si consideras largo y loco
el viento de banderas
que pasa por mi vida
y te decides
a dejarme a la orilla
del corazón en que tengo raíces,
piensa
que en esa día,
a esa hora
levantaré los brazos
y saldrán mis raíces
a buscar otra tierra.
Pero
si cada día,
cada hora,
sientes que a mí estás destinada
con dulzura implacable,
si cada día sube
una flor a tus labios a buscarme,
ay amor mío, ay mía,
en mí todo ese fuego se repite,
en mí nada se apaga ni se olvida,
mi amor se nutre de tu amor, amada,
y mientras vivas estará en tus brazos
sin salir de los míos.
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Again I am speechless......I want to listen to that voice forever and ever,,,,,,and I will create a enchanted monument for him in the hanging gardens of my Celephais...and whenever someone sits in the shadow of that statue of an unknown man and wants to be calmed, soothed or just entertained his voice will be heard reciting the poems like he does here. I hope he forgives me for my impertinence but I had to do something to make him immortal in my world.....even if it´s just the one in my head.
Tom of Bedlam has a super reading voice. Thank you for making this site...love it as much as any music. As it should be...
my love feeds on your love, beloved, and as long as you live it will be in your arms without leaving mine.
@97898
7 жыл бұрын
that part is so true when it comes to speaking on the conditions of people and this reality, how everything in the universe is quite reflective, like there is a constant responsibility of control that we all have over creating our reality that at times is not quite a luxury at all...
oh pablo is really one of my favorite humans ever to grace this planet, thanks kindly for this, cheers from san diego
Love never leaves.. it goes on living forever..even inside a corpse, it is an indestructible power. Love never dies ! And your voice, would bring back the dead ! Thank you.
One of the best .... You have to love to be loved
at least one knows ~ one is not alone ~ being in such utter pain of love gone wrong
...and you learn, the saddest way, that true love only comes once and is not an analytic process. ...and you learn, the hardest way, that people choose to confuse love with attachment; or worse, attachment with "love", out of the fear to burn the broken bridges and break free ...
l ove poetry and Pablo Neruda is my most favorite. His enthrawling poetry is heart touching and mesmerizing.The selection of other great poets is fabulous. Great sharing
So beautiful. Especially delivered by Tom. It carries you to that place where love dwells. Inside each of us.
Pablo Neruda...one of my favorites!!! This channel is a great finding... specially at such difficult times! Thank you! Hello from Brazil!
Precious reading, from two precious souls..the one that wrote the poem.... the one that gave voice to its beauty. Thank you, un sorriso Red
the quantum entanglement of love:)
You totally deserve your popularity!
Let it be
Thank you, this has been added to our playlists...
Me encanta la voz, que cosa linda escuchar a pablo neruda en otro idioma. Me emociona hasta las lagrimas de todas formas, es genial
Best reading voice ever...!!!
Reminds me of the my first heartbreak. Everything was so intense and heartfelt.
Love never forgets... Even when when the heart flies, it remembers.💓💓💓
I'm getting addicted to your poetry reading. Thank you for sharing.
One of my favorite poems
so beautiful ...
Beautiful!
so very moving..!!
His voice is amazing
Sad and beautiful.
Too Beautiful expressed the action upon love so it reveals
Ooh
Such a powerful, beautiful poem; love and hope are so often intertwined
I am guessing that you have run into some petulant little fool who delights in clicking the dislike button. Similar children visit my site, so it makes me proud to know you. This reading was simply lovely, and the poem dreadfully, beautifully honest. Thank you.
I'm speechless..
wao.... Amazing one.
Brilliant.
very expressive voice !
This is very human, and I actually agree.
Wonderful poem, ....P
wonderful
gr8 reading,beautiful.
great !
i like this . thank you a lot :)
Nice translation. Again inspired reading. Interesting choice to put up on your site. Cheers!
very nice
I will always love you.
The Comments section of the "Here I Love You" video is disabled. I just wanted to say that the brilliant choice of illustrations, perfectly matching the words of the poem, gives a touch of magic to what appeared to me to be a trite piece. Your reading helped too!
That's enough to make a girl cry
Fan of yours
this is beautiful,thank you
yeah!..The world belongs lovers!:)
-is now sad- :'
pulserz - if you forget me
oh.
Poema 20 de Neruda
this is gorgeous. I'd listen to you read my shopping list. shit.
Is this poem in the 100 love sonnets or in what book? I want to read it in spanish. Please help.
@metallicpolaris
9 жыл бұрын
Olulu Whatsup This poem is in "Los versos del capitán". I recommend you to listen to it in spanish in the voice of Jaime Sabines, a mexican poet whose poetry is as beautiful as Neruda's.
...very very rich....
Perhaps rhetorical sex?
Yes, like oral sex! Beautiful poem! I'm afraid to share it on my page it's so powerful. I'm afraid it will overwhelm the man I'm trying to forget, Maybe later, I will share it. I am certainly happy I found these lovely poms that sooth now.
You mean, like oral sex?
Beautiful!