I am alone with rickety materials,
the rain falls on me, and it is like me,
it is like me in its raving, alone in the dead world,
repulsed as it falls, and with no persistent form.

— Pablo Neruda Residencia en la Tierra (Residence on Earth) (1933)

Estoy solo entre materias desvencijadas,
la lluvia cae sobre mí, y se me parece,
se me parece con su desvarío,solitaria en el mundo muerto,
rechazada al caer, y sin forma obstinada.

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by Donald D. Walsh: I am alone among rickety substances, the rain falls upon me and it seems like me, like me with its madness, alone in the dead world, rejected as it falls, and without persistent shape.

I am alone with rickety materials,
the rain falls on me, and it is like me,
it is like me in its raving, alone in the dead world,
repulsed as it falls, and with no persistent form.

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I am alone with rickety materials,the rain falls on me, and it is like me,it is like me in its raving, alone in the dead world,repulsed as it falls, and with no persistent form.

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I am alone with rickety materials,
the rain falls on me, and it is like me,
it is like me in its raving, alone in the dead world,
repulsed as it falls, and with no persistent form.