A GIRL SO BROWN song lyrics NERUDA 19
by Joel Sattler

[based on the 19th poem in 20 LOVE POEMS
by Pablo Neruda]

a girl so brown and agile
the sun that makes the fruit
the one that turns the wheat
the algae twisted root

that made your body joyful
your eyes so bright and wild
and your shining face
that has the water smile

a black and yearning sun
is wound upon the strands
of the black mane of your hair
as you stretch out your hands

and you play with the sun
as if it were a stream
your eyes become dark pools
who knows what they have seen ?

a girl so brown and agile
no longer drawn to you
you're driving me away
as if you were the noon

you are delirious
just like a drunken wave
like a young honeybee
the ear of wheat so brave

my somber heart still seeks you
I love your happy body
your skinny flowing voice
like water sun and poppy

like water and the poppy
the wheat field and the sun
the river of your body
your flesh is on the run

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