"Drawn from the most intimate and personal of associations. Pablo Neruda's most beloved collection of poetry juxtaposes the exuberance of youthful passion with the desolation of grief, the sensuality of the body with the metaphorical nuances of nature." "Interspersed with illustrations by Pablo Picasso, W.S. Merwin's masterly translation faces the original Spanish text. This edition also features a wonderful new Introduction by Cristina Garcia."--Jacket.

Originally published: Great Britain : Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1969. With new introd.

Introduction -- I. Body of a woman -- II. The light wraps you -- III. Ah vastness of pines -- IV. The morning is full -- V. So that you will hear me -- VI. I remember you as you were -- VII. Leaning into the afternoons -- VIII. White bee -- IX. Drunk with pines -- X. We have lost even -- XI. Almost out of the sky -- XII. Your breast is enough -- XIII. I have gone marking -- XIV. Every day you play -- XV. I like for you to be still -- XVI. In my sky at twilight -- XVII. Thinking, tangling shadows -- XVIII. Here I love you -- XIX. Girl lithe and tawny -- XX. Tonight I can write -- The song of despair -- Selected bibliography -- Suggestions for further reading.