We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the n…

Pablo Neruda
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We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses. ✨ Pablo Neruda, Drunk As Drunk
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long. ✨ Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair Poem 20 l. 28 (1924) (translation byW. S. Merwin)
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We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses. ✨ Pablo Neruda, Drunk As Drunk

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