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You came to my lifewith what you were bringing,madeof light and bread and shadow I expected you,and Like this I need you,Like this I love you,and to those who want to hear tomorrowthat which I will not tell them, let them read it here,and let them back off today because it is earlyfor these arguments.

You came to my lifewith what you were bringing,madeof light and bread and shadow I expected you,and Like this I need you,Like this I love you,and to those who want to hear tomorrowthat which I will not tell them, let them read it here,and let them back off today because it is earlyfor these arguments.

Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Pablo Neruda
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1904 to 1973; Wikidata Q34189, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34189 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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