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                 Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)
          Translated by Stephen Tapscott (1948-)

                      from 100 Love Sonnets

                                    LXXXI

First Line in Translation:   And now you're mine. Rest with your dream in my dream.
First Line in Original:   Y a eres mía. Reposa con tu sueño en mi sueño.

First published in 1960, this poem is protected by copyright and
cannot be displayed without permission of the copyright holder. It
can be found in:

  • Neruda, Pablo. 100 Love Sonnets / Cien sonetos de amor. Austin:
    University of Texas Press, 1986.

    Pablo Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 "for
    a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a
    continent's destiny and dreams."