THE SOLE BELL song lyrics
by Joel Sattler , Neruda 3

[based on a translation of the third poem
from 20 LOVE SONGS by Pablo Neruda]

the vast pine range, the waves break murmuring
the slow play of lights, the sole bell rings
and from your eyes the dusk falls, doll-ing
a terrestrial shell, in you the earth sings!

and rivers sing in you and so my soul flees
send where you will, so as you desire
aim your wish bow down my road please
my delirious flock of arrows fire

the sole bell rings
and rings and rings
the earth doth sing
and sings and sings

while all around your waist of fog
my hounded hours you hunt in silence
and you with arms of stone transparent
my kisses anchor, moist compliance

mysterious voice that tolls and stains
in the resonant falling evening dies
thus in deep hours I've seen on the plains
the wheat bending down as the mouth of wind cries

the sole bell rings
and rings and rings
the earth doth sing
and sings and sings

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