Oda a la manzana (Listening and Reading Practice) Posted by Anais on Apr 29, 2022 in Literature
Welcome to a new blog! Today you will practice your listening and reading skills with Oda a la manzana, a poem written by the acclaimed Chilean poet at writer Pablo Neruda. This poem is part of a collection of odes Neruda wrote between 1954 and 1957. It is a reflection of the poet’s dream for a united and peaceful world. In the following video you will listen to the poem narrated by its author. Enjoy!
Oda a la manzana Ode to the Apple
A ti, manzana, To you, apple
quiero celebrarte I’d like to celebrate you
llenándome by filling
con tu nombre with your name
la boca, my mouth,
comiéndote. eating you
Siempre Always
eres nueva como nada you’re new like nothing
o nadie, or nobody
siempre always
recién caída newly fallen
del Paraíso: from Paradise:
plena full
y pura and pure
mejilla arrebolada reddened cheeks
de la aurora! of dawn!
Qué difíciles How difficult
son are
comparados compared
contigo to you
los frutos de la tierra, the fruits of the earth,
las celulares uvas, the cellular grapes,
los mangos the gloomy
tenebrosos, mangoes
las huesudas the bony
ciruelas, los higos plums, the underwater
submarinos: figs:
tú eres pomada pura, you are pure ointment,
pan fragante, fragrant bread,
queso vegan
de la vegetación. from the vegetation.
Cuando mordemos When we bite
tu redonda inocencia your round innocence
volvemos we return
por un instante for a moment
a ser to being
también recién creadas criaturas: also recently created creatures:
aún tenemos algo de manzana. we still partake something of an apple.
Yo quiero I want
una abundancia a total abundance
total, la multiplicación the multiplciation
de tu familia, of your family,
quiero I want
una ciudad, a city,
una república, a republic
un río Mississippi a Mississipi river
de manzanas, of apples,
y en sus orillas and upon your shores
quiero ver I want to see
a toda all
la población the population
del mundo of the world
unida, reunida, united, re-united,
en el acto más simple de la tierra: in the simplest act of the Earth:
mordiendo una manzana. biting into an apple.
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