Please interpret this poem by Pablo Neruda? No search of the net for interpretations. Only yours do I wish!?

Question

"I don't love you as if you were a rose of salt,

topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:

I love you as one loves dark things,

secretly; Between the shadow and the soul."

withe Mr. Neruda's permission, I wish to dedicate this poem to one who will, no matter how many, varied other loves, will always have my CENTRE Heart.

Thank you very much. Would you help me reminisce?

Marti-Grecia Odalyz...

Answer 1

The speaker is expressing feelings of love not as an attraction to material things or physical beauty, but more of a deep  intangible bond with something or someone despite most logic and hence it is secret, the speaker is compelled either to suppress these feelings or share them only with the one intended person

Answer 2

if i take it positively, i would go for a love/person that knows the depths & the heights of love or of the lover & accept & cherish that emotion/person. however, cherish &treasure it within one's selfish confines - as a secret - to be relished only by oneself, not shared with anyone.

does that make sense to you?

just read your intense write-up. reminded me of the movie "passionada" - loved its haunting melody too....

must also add that having loved thus, one can still "move on" -you will always treasure that love in your 'soul' which will permeate thru your entire existence/ your entire being ;bringing an aura of happiness & contentment without necessarily having/needing the physical presence. so live life to its fullest making the most of every opportunity ...

Answer 3

This love he is talking about is an almost forbidden and shunned love between two people. It is meant to be kept in secret. As humans, we often love to harbor some little dark secret. This is the love the poem seems to be talking about.

Thats the way I see it.