我喜歡你是寂靜的，仿若你消失了一樣，
你在遠方聆聽我，我的聲音卻無法到達你。
你的眼睛已經遠離，
像一個吻，封緘了你的唇。
所有的事物，充滿了我的靈魂。
你從其中浮現。
你就像我的靈魂，一隻，夢一般的蝴蝶，
你就是憂鬱這兩個字。
我在你的沉默中，和你對話。
你的沉默，簡潔，如一盞燈。單純，如一個環。
你就如黑夜，擁有寂靜與群星。
你的沉默，像星星的沉默。遙遠，明亮。
……
I like you are silent
I like you are silent，it is as though you were absent，
And you hear me from far away，and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away，
And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.
As all things are filled with my soul.
You emerge from the things，filled my soul.
You are like my soul，a butterfly of dream，
And you are like the word Melancholy.
Let me talk to you with your silence.
It sounds as though you were lamenting，a butterfly cooing like a dove.
You are like the night，with it's stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star，as remote and candid.
…
By Pablo Neruda