DON'T GO FAR OFF, NOT EVEN FOR A DAY
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.
Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,
because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?
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This poem is obviously about the loss of love and the craving one may have for the person which you have loved. I love the tittle, I think it runs perfectly with the poem. I think the author most of all meant to show the frustration of not being able to be with a love one, specially in lines like "I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
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I can very much relate to this poem. It is talking about a lover who misses his significant other when they go away to some place. I love the feeling of blind desperation and unending adoration that the author gives off towards his lover. I can relate to this because when i have a boyfriend and either of us goes away on a trip of some kind, there are similar feelings of emptiness at points and missing them very much. This also happens with other types of love.
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