poetry texts, poem archive at plagiarist.com

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Neruda wrote his verse in Spanish. Should there not be a credit included for the translator of this and Neruda's other poems on the site?

Whenever possible, I will list the translation credit, as the translator is often a "co-author" of a poem in translation.

Unfortunately, the reader who submitted this poem did not have a publication that included the translation credit.

If anyone is aware of who translated this poem, please add a comment.

-- J.

i feel so sad right now and when i read this poem i can laugh with tears

This is nowhere near a good translation of this incredible poem. The translator appears to have been more concerned about getting a word-for-word match with the original poem and in doing lost the beautiful, somber rhythm.

You can read W.S. Merwin's translation of this same poem, which is also in the archive:

Tonight I Can Write

truer words are rarley spoken

i don't really like this poem because it's too sad. :-(
(haha)

an excellent poem, but I 'm curious to know who translated this version. I prefer W S Merwin's translation

i am sorry for the translators, because no matter in what language they translate it, spanish still is the language of the kings.

You could always try actually analysing it yourself, I do believe that is what most people try to do. It works much better.