Lyr Req: PAblo Neruda Poem

12 Mar 02 - 04:03 PM (#667826)
Subject: Pablo Neruda Poem
From: Mark Ross

Looking for a couple of words missing from a Pablo Neruda poem. Can anyone help?

Let us sit down to east,
With all those who have eaten,
Let us spread a great tablecloth
put salt in the lakes of the world,
Set up planetary bakeries,
Table _______________(?) strawberries,
in the snow,
And a plate like the moon itself
from which we all eat
For now aI ask for no more
than the JUstice of Eating.

Can anyone fill in the blanks? DO I have the rest right?

Mark Ross

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12 Mar 02 - 04:49 PM (#667847)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: PAblo Neruda Poem
From: hesperis

I'll check the book I have, see if it's in there. The title would make it quicker to look up, if you have that?

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12 Mar 02 - 06:39 PM (#667908)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: PAblo Neruda Poem
From: Mark Ross

Sorry, I don't have the title. My lady loves the poem but we're missin a couple of words. Thanks

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12 Mar 02 - 06:54 PM (#667923)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: PAblo Neruda Poem
From: masato sakurai

Hunger feels like pincers
Like the bite of crabs.
It burns, burns, and has no fire.
Hunger is a dead fire.
Let us sit down soon to eat
With all those who haven¹t eaten.
Let us spread great tablecloths,
Put salt in the lakes of the world,
Set up planetary bakeries,
Tables with strawberries in the snow,
And a plate like the moon itself
From which we can all eat.
For now I ask no more
Than the justice of eating.

From "The Great Tablecloth" by Pablo Neruda
(Trans. By Alastair Reid)

(From HERE)

~Masato

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