I Remember You as You Were
I Remember You as You Were - meaning Summary
Autumnal Memory and Yearning
The poem is a quiet meditation on memory and longing, recalling a loved one through autumnal images. The speaker remembers specific details — a grey beret, a calm voice, eyes like twilight — and links them with falling leaves, embers, and hyacinth to convey both tenderness and loss. Memory transforms sensory fragments into a luminous yet smoky portrait, mixing warmth and distance as desire and remembrance mingle.
Read Complete AnalysesI remember you as you were in the last autumn. You were the grey beret and the still heart. In your eyes the flames of the twilight fought on. And the leaves fell in the water of your soul. Clasping my arms like a climbing plant the leaves garnered your voice, that was slow and at peace. Bonfire of awe in which my thirst was burning. Sweet blue hyacinth twisted over my soul. I feel your eyes traveling, and the autumn is far off: Grey beret, voice of a bird, heart like a house Towards which my deep longings migrated And my kisses fell, happy as embers. Sky from a ship. Field from the hills: Your memory is made of light, of smoke, of a still pond! Beyond your eyes, farther on, the evenings were blazing. Dry autumn leaves revolved in your soul.
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