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Arte De Pajaros / Art of Birds
Pablo Neruda sintió siempre una gran fascinación por el mundo de las aves y Arte de Pájaros es la obra en la que el Premio Nobel chileno quiso reflejar su pasión por estos animales y por la riqueza natural de su tan amada tierra natal. Por primera vez, una edición bilingüe español-inglés pretende acercar estos excepcionales poemas no sólo a los entusiastas de Neruda sino también a todos aquellos amantes de la naturaleza y de la literatura que deseen descubrir un trabajo único dentro de la trayectoria del poeta. Sin duda, cualquier aficionado a las aves puede sentirse identificado con la poesía que Neruda descubrió en ellos.
205 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1966
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Pablo Neruda
1,082 books9,623 followersPablo Neruda, born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in 1904 in Parral, Chile, was a poet, diplomat, and politician, widely considered one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century. From an early age, he showed a deep passion for poetry, publishing his first works as a teenager. He adopted the pen name Pablo Neruda to avoid disapproval from his father, who discouraged his literary ambitions. His breakthrough came with Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, 1924), a collection of deeply emotional and sensual poetry that gained international recognition and remains one of his most celebrated works.
Neruda’s career took him beyond literature into diplomacy, a path that allowed him to travel extensively and engage with political movements around the world. Beginning in 1927, he served in various consular posts in Asia and later in Spain, where he witnessed the Spanish Civil War and became an outspoken advocate for the Republican cause. His experiences led him to embrace communism, a commitment that would shape much of his later poetry and political activism. His collection España en el corazón (Spain in Our Hearts, 1937) reflected his deep sorrow over the war and marked a shift toward politically engaged writing.
Returning to Chile, he was elected to the Senate in 1945 as a member of the Communist Party. However, his vocal opposition to the repressive policies of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla led to his exile. During this period, he traveled through various countries, including Argentina, Mexico, and the Soviet Union, further cementing his status as a global literary and political figure. It was during these years that he wrote Canto General (1950), an epic work chronicling Latin American history and the struggles of its people.
Neruda’s return to Chile in 1952 marked a new phase in his life, balancing political activity with a prolific literary output. He remained a staunch supporter of socialist ideals and later developed a close relationship with Salvador Allende, who appointed him as Chile’s ambassador to France in 1970. The following year, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognized for the scope and impact of his poetry. His later years were marked by illness, and he died in 1973, just days after the military coup that overthrew Allende. His legacy endures, not only in his vast body of work but also in his influence on literature, political thought, and the cultural identity of Latin America.
Neruda’s career took him beyond literature into diplomacy, a path that allowed him to travel extensively and engage with political movements around the world. Beginning in 1927, he served in various consular posts in Asia and later in Spain, where he witnessed the Spanish Civil War and became an outspoken advocate for the Republican cause. His experiences led him to embrace communism, a commitment that would shape much of his later poetry and political activism. His collection España en el corazón (Spain in Our Hearts, 1937) reflected his deep sorrow over the war and marked a shift toward politically engaged writing.
Returning to Chile, he was elected to the Senate in 1945 as a member of the Communist Party. However, his vocal opposition to the repressive policies of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla led to his exile. During this period, he traveled through various countries, including Argentina, Mexico, and the Soviet Union, further cementing his status as a global literary and political figure. It was during these years that he wrote Canto General (1950), an epic work chronicling Latin American history and the struggles of its people.
Neruda’s return to Chile in 1952 marked a new phase in his life, balancing political activity with a prolific literary output. He remained a staunch supporter of socialist ideals and later developed a close relationship with Salvador Allende, who appointed him as Chile’s ambassador to France in 1970. The following year, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognized for the scope and impact of his poetry. His later years were marked by illness, and he died in 1973, just days after the military coup that overthrew Allende. His legacy endures, not only in his vast body of work but also in his influence on literature, political thought, and the cultural identity of Latin America.
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December 15, 2017
the clarity of the moon, of the stars,
flowed like rivers in an estuary
and you there alone, awake,
not being born or flowering—
alone with the night.
*
and I was left with the dusk,
with the smoke, the haze, and the night,
with the solitude of the road.
*
You awakened me yesterday, friend,
and I went out to meet you:
the universe smelled of clover,
of a star opened in the dew:
who are you, and why were you singing
so intimately sonorous,
so uselessly precise?
*
I come and go about the world,
unarmed,
just whistle my way along,
submit
to the sun and its certainty,
to the rain's violin voice,
to the wind's cold syllable.
flowed like rivers in an estuary
and you there alone, awake,
not being born or flowering—
alone with the night.
*
and I was left with the dusk,
with the smoke, the haze, and the night,
with the solitude of the road.
*
You awakened me yesterday, friend,
and I went out to meet you:
the universe smelled of clover,
of a star opened in the dew:
who are you, and why were you singing
so intimately sonorous,
so uselessly precise?
*
I come and go about the world,
unarmed,
just whistle my way along,
submit
to the sun and its certainty,
to the rain's violin voice,
to the wind's cold syllable.
March 17, 2018
" I've wandered the world in search of life :
bird by bird I've come to know the earth :
discovered where fire flames aloft:
the expenditure of energy
and my disinterestedness were rewarded,
even though no one paid me for it,
because I received those wings in my soul
and immobility never held me down. "
bird by bird I've come to know the earth :
discovered where fire flames aloft:
the expenditure of energy
and my disinterestedness were rewarded,
even though no one paid me for it,
because I received those wings in my soul
and immobility never held me down. "
April 29, 2018
her tomurcuk öğrendi uçmayı,
ve çırılçıplak kaldı ağaç,
ağlayarak kış yağmurunda.
4,5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hatırlar mısınız bilmem aylar önce Hayalperest kitabını okuyup çok ama çok beğenmiştim. Kitabın aslında ünlü yazar Pablo Neruda'nın hayat hikayesinden esinlenme olduğunu öğrenince yazarın şiirlerine karşı büyük bir ilgi duymaya başladım. Açıkçası pek şiir meraklısı bir okur değilim. Deneme, şiir tarzı kitapları çok ama çok nadir okuyorum. Kuşlar Sanatı kitabını da alalı çok olmuştu, o anda okumak istediğim bir kitap ararken gözüme takılınca hemen çantama attım. Kuş türleriyle ilgili kitap vb daha önce tek bir eser okumuştum. Böylece kuşlarla ilgili okuduğum ilk şiir kitabıydı ve her şiiri ayrı güzeldi. Hayalperest'i okumadan önce Pablo Neruda'yı duyduysam bile hiç dikkat etmemiştim. Yazarın diğer en ünlü şiir kitaplarını da yakın zamanda umarım okuyacağım. Gerçekten farklı ama okurken huzur duyacağınız bir şiir kitabı arıyorsanız kesinlikle önerimdir.
ve çırılçıplak kaldı ağaç,
ağlayarak kış yağmurunda.
4,5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hatırlar mısınız bilmem aylar önce Hayalperest kitabını okuyup çok ama çok beğenmiştim. Kitabın aslında ünlü yazar Pablo Neruda'nın hayat hikayesinden esinlenme olduğunu öğrenince yazarın şiirlerine karşı büyük bir ilgi duymaya başladım. Açıkçası pek şiir meraklısı bir okur değilim. Deneme, şiir tarzı kitapları çok ama çok nadir okuyorum. Kuşlar Sanatı kitabını da alalı çok olmuştu, o anda okumak istediğim bir kitap ararken gözüme takılınca hemen çantama attım. Kuş türleriyle ilgili kitap vb daha önce tek bir eser okumuştum. Böylece kuşlarla ilgili okuduğum ilk şiir kitabıydı ve her şiiri ayrı güzeldi. Hayalperest'i okumadan önce Pablo Neruda'yı duyduysam bile hiç dikkat etmemiştim. Yazarın diğer en ünlü şiir kitaplarını da yakın zamanda umarım okuyacağım. Gerçekten farklı ama okurken huzur duyacağınız bir şiir kitabı arıyorsanız kesinlikle önerimdir.
August 22, 2022
Ortalama
July 1, 2014
İflah olmaz bir kuşbazım diyor şair.
Pablo Neruda'yı severim, kuşları da. İkisi bir arada olunca satın aldıktan birkaç saat sonra kitabı bitirdim. Kuşbazlık heyecanı işte :)
Kitap üç bölümden oluşuyor, kuşlar, ara fasıl ve tuaf kuşlar. Pablo çok sevdiği kuşları hem de Şili'deki kuşları anlatmış şiirlerinde.
İspanyolca bilmiyorum ama çevirisi başarılı sanki. Sayın Alova zaten bir kaç yıl önce başka eserlerle dünya çeviri ödülü almış.
Yeryüzünde bir şairin kuşları sevmesi ve kitap çıkartması ne kadar güzel. Bu şair kitap olarak bizlerle paylaşması, biz kuşbazlar için ne güzel biri mutluluk.
Favori şiirimise; "Uçuş"
Pablo Neruda'yı severim, kuşları da. İkisi bir arada olunca satın aldıktan birkaç saat sonra kitabı bitirdim. Kuşbazlık heyecanı işte :)
Kitap üç bölümden oluşuyor, kuşlar, ara fasıl ve tuaf kuşlar. Pablo çok sevdiği kuşları hem de Şili'deki kuşları anlatmış şiirlerinde.
İspanyolca bilmiyorum ama çevirisi başarılı sanki. Sayın Alova zaten bir kaç yıl önce başka eserlerle dünya çeviri ödülü almış.
Yeryüzünde bir şairin kuşları sevmesi ve kitap çıkartması ne kadar güzel. Bu şair kitap olarak bizlerle paylaşması, biz kuşbazlar için ne güzel biri mutluluk.
Favori şiirimise; "Uçuş"
June 19, 2019
While some of the poems were quite lovely, the collection as a whole did not work for me. At times, I found it to be a bit cutesy.
June 3, 2018
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Como já comentei anteriormente no blog, eu tenho como hábito ler uma poesia todos os dias de manhã, e para manter as coisas interessantes, cada dia da semana eu leio um autor diferente.
Depois de ler um livro de poesias póstumas do mestre chileno Pablo Neruda, andei procurando outras publicações bilíngues dele, e essa foi uma das que consegui encontrar.
E que decepção.
"Arte de pássaros" é um livro absurdamente chato. Cada poesia (com apenas umas 2 exceções em sei lá quantas poesias) tem o nome ou de um pássaro real ou um pássaro inventado, de forma que o livro é dividido em duas partes: a de pássaros reais e a de imaginários. O problema é que todas as poesias parecem a mesma coisa, fala das asas, das cores, do voo, do que eles comem e às vezes algo sobre a paisagem do Chile. E é isso. Só isso.
Mas ainda bem que tudo acaba. Esse livro também. Saiu da estante direto para a pilha de doação.
Mas ainda tenho esperanças com Neruda, afinal ele não ficou famoso por causa dos poemas aviários.
Como já comentei anteriormente no blog, eu tenho como hábito ler uma poesia todos os dias de manhã, e para manter as coisas interessantes, cada dia da semana eu leio um autor diferente.
Depois de ler um livro de poesias póstumas do mestre chileno Pablo Neruda, andei procurando outras publicações bilíngues dele, e essa foi uma das que consegui encontrar.
E que decepção.
"Arte de pássaros" é um livro absurdamente chato. Cada poesia (com apenas umas 2 exceções em sei lá quantas poesias) tem o nome ou de um pássaro real ou um pássaro inventado, de forma que o livro é dividido em duas partes: a de pássaros reais e a de imaginários. O problema é que todas as poesias parecem a mesma coisa, fala das asas, das cores, do voo, do que eles comem e às vezes algo sobre a paisagem do Chile. E é isso. Só isso.
Mas ainda bem que tudo acaba. Esse livro também. Saiu da estante direto para a pilha de doação.
Mas ainda tenho esperanças com Neruda, afinal ele não ficou famoso por causa dos poemas aviários.
September 7, 2023
Such a beautiful book to read and to hold. With gorgeous illustrations that leave one wishing for at least twice as many, the book consists mostly of odes to birds, real and imagined. Of the 53 poems, 38 are devoted to "real" birds, 12 are riddles, and the remaining three serve to hold the structure in place, giving the book cohesion.
July 27, 2025
i am not enough 'entel feridun' to enjoy this. üzgünüm. pablo neruda büyük şair ama niye gittim de kuşlara yazdığı kitaptan onu okumaya başladım en ufak fikrim yok. like girl ne düşünüyordun cik cik oooo çok poetik falan mı
December 23, 2019
Pablo Neruda'yı bugüne kadar Adnan Özer, Sait Maden ve Ergin Koparan çevirilerinden okudum. Alışmış olmamdan olsa gerek Alova'nın çevirisi biraz daha yavan geldi.
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August 6, 2025feels wrong to rate poetry..
some favorites: american kestrel, chilean flamingo, black vulture, interlude: the flight, chilean pigeon
very playful
some favorites: american kestrel, chilean flamingo, black vulture, interlude: the flight, chilean pigeon
very playful
September 14, 2023
It would be easy to dismiss this book on a shelf as no more than an artsy turn a phrase covering a collection of impertinent poems about animals, but what a jewel would one be overlooking. While Neruda’s most famous collection is “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair,” this equally vivid work illustrates his uncanny ability to draw out of nature the most magical depictions of the human experience.
On the surface, we might feel educated by the almost scientific descriptions of these animals, and admire the thoroughness in which the narrator observes and writes about them. But, a step further and we are mystified by the magic of the Ode in which Neruda works. A simple flight becomes epic-like in quality, and one is left a spectator at the wondrous performance, as if there on the shore itself admiring all the feathers in the sky. But once we descend into the heart of the book is when we see ourselves reflected on the portraits of these avian friends. Their journeys, migrations, habits, collective endeavors, failures, and triumphs. Their pedestrian routines. Their mating efforts. Their heroic struggle to endure the violent realities of the heavens and sea and all that is in between.
It is the ultimate end of poetry to resonate intimately with its audience, and it is its highest praise to do so with the most unusual and seemly unrelated topics. Such is the case with Pablo Neruda’s “The Art of Birds.” It is not only a celebration of the natural world but a quaint illustration of what it means to be human, and charming achievement in poetic craft.
On the surface, we might feel educated by the almost scientific descriptions of these animals, and admire the thoroughness in which the narrator observes and writes about them. But, a step further and we are mystified by the magic of the Ode in which Neruda works. A simple flight becomes epic-like in quality, and one is left a spectator at the wondrous performance, as if there on the shore itself admiring all the feathers in the sky. But once we descend into the heart of the book is when we see ourselves reflected on the portraits of these avian friends. Their journeys, migrations, habits, collective endeavors, failures, and triumphs. Their pedestrian routines. Their mating efforts. Their heroic struggle to endure the violent realities of the heavens and sea and all that is in between.
It is the ultimate end of poetry to resonate intimately with its audience, and it is its highest praise to do so with the most unusual and seemly unrelated topics. Such is the case with Pablo Neruda’s “The Art of Birds.” It is not only a celebration of the natural world but a quaint illustration of what it means to be human, and charming achievement in poetic craft.
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May 20, 2016As a personal preference, I like when Neruda's translations are accompanied by the original poems, and the originals were not included in this collection. Also, it seems that the translator did not stick very close to Neruda's original language. The poems sound very different from Neruda's signature and singular voice.
May 1, 2014
Öyle güzelsin ki, kuş koysunlar yoluna...
October 27, 2014
çeviri şiir olmuyor...
August 29, 2021
Şairin kuşları şiirleştirdiğive mısralarında özgürce uçurduğu bir şiir kitabı Kuşlar Sanatı.
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May 29, 2015
6/10
March 16, 2015
yanlış kitabı almışım.
April 21, 2017
Creatively observed and beatutifully described birds (and people). I haven't read any poetry in a long time and really enjoyed this. If you have not taken any time watching bird behavior, this would be less appealing.
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