España En El corazón

Pablo Neruda

Spain in Our Hearts

Pablo Neruda

Spain in Our Hearts:Hymn to the Glories of

the People at War

España en el corazón:Himno a las glorias del

pueblo en la guerra

Translated by Donald D. Walsh

An associate of the Mujeres Libres (Free Women) of Spain.

First Published in 1937.Editorial Losada, S.A., Buenos Aires, 1958, 1961, 1962.New Directions Publishing, 2005.This edition: compiled in 2009.

The preface, “My Book on Spain” is an excerpt from Memoirs by Pablo Neruda, translated by Hardie St. Martin.

The text of this booklet is a complete translation of the original work. It is taken from a 2005 edition published by New Directions. The New Directions book includes the original Spanish text of the poems alongside the English. See http://ndpublishing.com/ to order a copy.

“You will ask: why does your poetrynot speak to us of sleep, of the leaves,of the great volcanoes of your native land?

Come and see the blood in the streets,come and seethe blood in the streets,come and see the bloodin the streets!”