Let's Not Speak Any Language
Sensual Romantic Love Poems
Poem by Pablo Neruda
Let's not speak any language,
this one time upon the earth,
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
It would be a delicious moment,
without hurry, without locomotives,
all of us would be together
in a sudden uneasiness.
The fishermen in the cold sea
would do no harm to the whales
and the peasant gathering salt
would look at his torn hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars of gas, wars of fire,
victories without survivors,
would put on clean clothing
and would walk alongside their brothers
in the shade, without doing a thing.
What I want shouldn't be confused
with final inactivity:
life alone is what matters,
I want nothing to do with death.
If we weren't unanimous
about keeping our lives so much in motion,
if we could do nothing for once,
perhaps a great silence would
interrupt this sadness,
this never understanding ourselves
and threatening ourselves with death,
perhaps the earth is teaching us
when everything seems to be dead
and then everything is alive.
Now I will count to twelve
and you keep quiet and I'll go.
- Sensual Love Poem
by Pablo Neruda
Love cannot be seen,
but it can be felt,
especially when the one
you love is next to you.
- Pablo Neruda
ROMANTIC
