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Dictionary, let one hand
of your thousand hands, one
of your thousand emeralds,
a
single drop
of your virginal springs,
one grain
from your magnanimous granaries,
fall
as the perfect moment
upon my lips,
onto the tip of my pen,
into my inkwell.
From the depths of your
dense and reverberating jungle
grant me,
at the moment it is needed,
a single birdsong, the luxury
of one bee,
one splinter
of your ancient wood perfumed
by an eternity of jasmine,
one syllable,
one tremor, one sound,
one seed:
I am of the earth and with words I sing.

from Ode to the Dictionary
by Pablo Neruda
as translated by Ken Krabbenhoft
original title: "Oda al Diccionario"
original language: Spanish
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