Wandering Albatross
 

Author: Pablo Neruda. Nobel Prize of Literature 1971.
Extracted from the book "Arte de pájaros" (1966).
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In the high sea the wind navigates
guided by the albatross:
that is the ship of the albatross:
crossing, descending, dancing, rising,
suspended in the dark light,
he touches the towers of the wave,
he nests in the boiling mortar
of the unruly element
while the salt decorates him
and the frenetic foam whistles,
the albatross slips flying
with his large wings of music
leaving over the storm
a book that continues flying:
it is the codex of the wind.