“In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“With which stars do they go on speaking,the rivers that never reach the sea?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Tell me, is the rose naked
or is that her only dress?
Why do trees conceal
the splendor of their roots?
Who hears the regrets
of the thieving automobile?
Is there anything in the world sadder
than a train standing in the rain?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Donde termina el arco iris,
en tu alma o en el horizonte?
Where does the rainbow end,
in your soul or on the horizon?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Sufre mas el que espera siempre
que aquel que nunca espero a nadie?
Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“ربما ماتت خجلاً
تلك القطارات التي أضاعت طريقها؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“من هلّلَ لولادة
اللون الأزرق؟
لماذا تحزن الأرض
حينما يظهر البنفسج؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“لماذا لا يدربون المروحيات على جني العسل من الشمس ؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Si todos los rios son dulces
de donde saca sal el mar?
If all rivers are sweet
where does the sea get its salt?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“ما الزهرة التي تطير
من عصفور إلى عصفور؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“لماذا تنتحر الأوراق
عندما تشعر بالإصفرار؟
لماذا تحلّق قبعة الليل
ملأى بالثقوب؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“هل يُحدِّث الدخانُ الغيوم؟
هل صحيح أن رغباتنا
يجب أن تروى بالندى؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Como se reparten el sol en el naranjo las naranjas?
How do the oranges divide up sunlight in the orange tree?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“What will they say about my poetry
who never touched my blood?
Que diran de mi poesia
los que no tocaron mi sangre?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“هل يقاسي
الذي ينتظر دائماً
أكثر من الذي لم يجرب الانتظار ؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“كم عمرُ تشرين الثاني؟
لِم يُنفِق الخريف
كلَّ هذه النقود الصفر؟
ما اسم الكوكتيل الذي
يخلط الفودكا بسهام البرق؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“كيف نالت الدراجة
المهجورة حريتها؟
هل ينفع الملح والسكر
في بناء برج أبيض؟
هل صحيح أنّ الأحلام
في قرية النمل واجب؟
هل تعلم ماذا تتأمّل الأرض في الخريف؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“وعلى من يبتسم الرز
بأسنانه البيض اللامتناهية؟
لماذا يكتبون في العصور المظلمة
بحبرٍ خفي؟
هل يعرف جمال كراكاس
كم تنورةً للوردة؟
لماذا تلسعني البراغيث
ورقباء الأدب؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“كم نحلةً في اليوم؟
هل السلامُ سلامَ الحَمام؟
هل يشنّ النمر حرباً؟
لماذا يُعلّم الأستاذ
جغرافية الموت؟
ماذا يحدث للسنونوات
المتأخرات عن المدرسة؟
وهل صحيح أنّها تنثر
رسائل شفافة على السماء؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“كيف تُفرِّق البرتقالات
أشعة الشمس على الشجرة؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“حُب، حبّه وحبها،
فإذا ذهبا، أين يذهب الحب؟
أمس، بالأمس سألت عيوني،
متى يرى أحدنا الآخر؟
وعندما تغيران المنظر،
فبيدين عاريتين، أم بقفازين؟”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Sufre más el que espera siempre
Que aquel que nunca esperó a nadie?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Dónde van las cosas del sueño?
Se van al sueño de otros?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Como se acuerda con los pajaros
la traduccion de sus idiomas?
How is the translation of their languages
Arranged with the birds?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Hay una estrella mas abierta
que la palabra 'amapola'?
Is there a star more wide open
than the word 'poppy"?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Is there anything in the world sadder
than a train standing in the rain?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Why wasn't Christopher Columbus able to discover Spain?”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
“Here is the solitude from which you are absent.
It is raining. The sea wind is hunting stray gulls.
The water walks barefoot in the wet streets. From that tree the leaves complain as though they were sick.
White bee, even when you are gone, you live in my soul. You live again in time, slender and silent.
Ah, you who are silent.”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Book of Questions
Pablo Neruda
Born place: in Parral, Chile
Born date July 12, 1904
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