Poetry Thursday ... poesia del jueves

-IX-

Is the sun the same as yesterday's

or is this fire different from that fire?

How do we thank the clouds

for their fleeting abundance?

From where does the thundercloud come

with its black sack of tears?

Where are all those names

sweet as cakes of yesteryear?

Where did they go, the Donaldas, 

the Clorindas, the Eduviges?

-Pablo Neruda

from The Book of Questions

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-IX-

Es este mismo el sol de ayer

o es otro el fuego de su fuego?

Como agradecer a las nubes

esa abundancia fugitiva?

De donde viene el nubaron

con sus sacos negros de llanto?

Donde estan los nombres aquellos

dulces como tortas de antano?

Donde se fueron las Donaldas.

las Clorindas, las Eduviges?

-Pablo Neruda

de El libro de preguntas

I received this book from a friend ... sometimes I just pull it off the shelf and read a few questions... hope you enjoyed these.