IF YOU FORGET ME Poem by Pablo Neruda - Read by ZHI EZE also World of ZHI br Music "Firedance" by Bill Whelan from Riverdance br Performers: Sara Baras and Yolanda Gonzales Sobrado br br If You Forget Me br By Pablo Neruda br br I want you to know br one thing. br br You know how this is: br if I look br at the crystal moon, at the red branch br of the slow autumn at my window, br if I touch br near the fire br the impalpable ash br or the wrinkled body of the log, br everything carries me to you, br as if everything that exists, br aromas, light, metals, br were little boats br that sail br toward those isles of yours that wait for me. br br Well, now, br if little by little you stop loving me br I shall stop loving you little by little. br br If suddenly br you forget me br do not look for me, br for I shall already have forgotten you. br br If you think it long and mad, br the wind of banners br that passes through my life, br and you decide br to leave me at the shore br of the heart where I have roots, br remember br that on that day, br at that hour, br I shall lift my arms br and my roots will set off br to seek another land. br br But br if each day, br each hour, br you feel that you are destined for me br with implacable sweetness, br if each day a flower br climbs up to your lips to seek me, br ah my love, ah my own, br in me all that fire is repeated, br in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten, br my love feeds on your love, beloved, br and as long as you live it will be in your arms br without leaving mine. br br "Si Tu Me Olvidas" br By Pablo Neruda En Español: br (In Spanish) br br Quiero que sepas br una cosa. br br Tú sabes cómo es esto: br si miro br la luna de cristal, la rama roja br del lento otoño en mi ventana, br si toco br junto al fuego br la impalpable ceniza br o el arrugado cuerpo de la leña, br todo me lleva a ti, br como si todo lo que existe: br aromas, luz, metales, br fueran pequeños barcos que navegan br hacia las islas tuyas que me aguardan. br br Ahora bien, br si poco a poco dejas de quererme br dejaré de quererte poco a poco. br br Si de pronto br me olvidas br no me busques, br que ya te habré olvidado. br br Si consideras largo y loco br el viento de banderas br que pasa por mi vida br y te decides br a dejarme a la orilla br del corazón en que tengo raíces, br piensa br que en esa día, br a esa hora br levantaré los brazos br y saldrán mis raíces br a buscar otra tierra. br br Pero br si cada día, br cada hora, br sientes que a mí estás destinada br con dulzura implacable, br si cada día sube br una flor a tus labios a buscarme, br ay amor mío, ay mía, br en mí todo ese fuego se repite, br en mí nada se apaga ni se olvida, br mi amor se nutre de tu amor, amada, br y mientras vivas estará en tus brazos br sin salir de los míos.