"Ode to Enchanted Light," by Pablo Neruda

Ode to Enchanted Light

- Pablo Neruda  (translated by Ken Krabbenhoft)

1              Under the trees light

2              has dropped from the top of the sky,

3              light

4              like a green

5              latticework of branches,

6              shining

7              on every leaf,

8              drifting down like clean

9              white sand.

10           A cicada sends

11           its sawing song

12           high into the empty air.

13           The world is

14           a glass overflowing

15           with water.