-The most important poet of the twentieth century--in any language.
---Gabriel Garcia Marquez -'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' is a poem of ascension.
In its final passages, Neruda's poetry jumps from a personal hope to a global one; from a poetry dealing with the poet's heart to a poetry centered on humanity's struggles.
---BBC -The Heights of Machu Picchu- has been called Pablo Neruda's greatest contribution to poetry--a search for the -indestructible, imperishable life- in all things.
Inspired by his journey to the ancient ruins, Neruda calls the lost Incan civilization to -rise up and be born, - and also empowers the people of his time.
This new translation by poet Tomas Q.
Morin includes an introduction by Morin and Neruda's Spanish original.
I stare at the clothes and hands, the carvings of water in a sonorous hollow, the wall rubbed smooth by the touch of a face that with my eyes gazed at the earthly lights, that with my hands oiled the vanished planks: because everything, clothes, skin, dishes, words, wine, breads, went away, fell to the earth.
Pablo Neruda (1904-73), one of the world's most beloved poets, was also a diplomat and member of the Chilean Senate.
In 1970 he was appointed as Chile's ambassador to France; in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Tomas Q.
Morin is a poet and translator and teaches at Texas State University.
| Planks | Because everything clothes skin dishes words wine breads went away fell to the earth |
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