Tonight I can write the saddest lines

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example:

“The night is starry and the stars are blue and shiver in

the distance. ”

…

The night is starry and she is not with me.

This is all.

In the distance someone is singing.

In the distance.

My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

…

My sight tries to find her as though to bring her closer.

My heart looks for her, and she is not with me.

Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

…

By Pablo Neruda