Here I Love You by Pablo Neruda
SUMMARY: Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician Pablo Neruda received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a 1904 baby who passed away in 1973. The speaker intensely remembers the lovely times he spends with his sweetheart while she is there, far away in the world beyond the mortal's reach.
The speaker is alone in this physical world, but his companion is
somewhere else, in another realm. The poem here refers reference to the dark
pine wood, moonlit waters, winter evenings, and all those locations the speaker
journeys alone with the memories of his beloved. Even still, the horizon
obscures her despite his continued devotion to her.
He reflects on the times they
spent together in the natural environments of the moonlit seas, the snowy
evenings in the pine forests, and the coastal areas. He loves her even though he is in this world, the fact that she is there beyond the horizon in
the other world, the fact that he occasionally sends her messages of love but
never hears back, the fact that she is not here, but he still enjoys the night
because he often sees her in his dreams and hears the pine trees singing her
name.