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Sonnet 49 Its Today -- Day breaks: the whole of yesterday went falling - Pablo Neruda Day breaks: the whole of yesterday went falling Sonnet 49 -- XLIX From: Cien sonetos de amor ~ Pablo Neruda Song of the Sea III Its today: all of yesterday dropped away among the fingers of the light and the sleeping eyes. Tomorrow will come on its green footsteps; no one can stop the river of the dawn. No one can stop the river of your hands, your eyes and their sleepiness, my dearest. You are the trembling of time, which passes between the vertical light and the darkening sky. The sky folds its wings over you, lifting you, carrying you to my arms with its punctual, mysterious courtesy. That is why I sing to the day and to the moon, to the sea, to time, to all the planets, to your daily voice, to your nocturnal skin. Its today: all of yesterday dropped away among the fingers of the light and the sleeping eyes. Tomorrow will come on its green footsteps; no one can stop the river of the dawn. Its today, its today...
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:11:49 +0000

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