Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, 12 Temmuz 1904, Parral - 23 Eylül 1973, Santiago, Şili. 20. yüzyıl şiirinin en önemli adlarından biri olan Şilili şair ve diplomat. 1953'te Lenin Barış Ödülü'nü, 1971'de Nobel Edebiyat Ödülü'nü kazandı.
i do not love you...i do not love you as if you were the saltrose, topaz or arrow ofcarnations that propagate fire;
i love you as certain dark things are loved secretly, between theshadow and the soul.
i love you as the plant that does not bloom and carrieshidden within itself the light of those flowers;
and thanks to your love, darkly in my bodylives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.
i love you without knowing how, orwhen, or from where, i love you simply,
without problems or pride:
i love you in this way because i don't know any other way of loving but this,
in which there is no i or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chestis my hand,
so intimate that when i fall to asleepit is your eyes that close.
i do not love you...i do not love you as if you were the saltrose, topaz or arrow ofcarnations that propagate fire;
i love you as certain dark things are loved secretly, between theshadow and the soul.
i love you as the plant that does not bloom and carrieshidden within itself the light of those flowers;
and thanks to your love, darkly in my bodylives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.
i love you without knowing how, orwhen, or from where, i love you simply,
without problems or pride:
i love you in this way because i don't know any other way of loving but this,
in which there is no i or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chestis my hand,
so intimate that when i fall to asleepit is your eyes that close.