The poem is a lamentation of the loss of a loved one, with the speaker addressing the deceased directly. The tone is melancholic and nostalgic, with vivid imagery evoking the memories of the past. The speaker yearns for the return of the beloved, but acknowledges the impossibility of it, resigned to the fact that death is irreversible.
By Pablo Neruda · First published 1954 · Genre: Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Romanticism