What did you think of when you read this poem？ Could you hear the waves crashing against the sandy shore？ Could you see the silver moon？ Could you see the beautiful blue colour it speaks of？ This poem talks about the birth of fire. Could you imagine fire being born on the sea？

This poem is by a man named Pablo Neruda. He was a Spanish language poet from Chile. Neruda wrote many poems. Some were poems about history. Sometimes a historical poem told a very long story. Sometimes it demanded change in society.Neruda was also very interested in politics. So， he wrote poems about politics. He wrote emotional poems. They were very popular. And he also wrote poems about common things in life — like nature and the sea.

Pablo Neruda was born in 1904， in Chile. Even as a young boy， he was always interested in literature and writing. In fact， he started writing poetry when he was only ten years old. A local daily newspaper first published Neruda's writing. He was only thirteen years old！

Each book was translated into many languages. And they remain popular even today！

你讀這首詩的時候想到了什么？你能聽到海浪拍打沙灘的聲音嗎？你能看到銀色的月光嗎？你能看到詩里提到的漂亮藍(lán)色嗎？這首詩講的是火光的誕生。你能想象火焰在海上燃燒起來的情景嗎？

這首詩的作者是巴勃羅·聶魯達(dá)。他是智利人，是西班牙語系的知名詩人。聶魯達(dá)一生著有很多詩篇。有些詩是描寫歷史的。有的歷史詩篇會講述一段非常長的歷史，有的則要求進(jìn)行社會變革。聶魯達(dá)對政治也十分感興趣。所以他寫了很多與政治有關(guān)的詩。他也寫充滿感情的詩篇。這些詩歌非常受歡迎。他也著有描述自然和海洋等生活中常見景物的詩歌。

巴勃羅·聶魯達(dá)于1904年出生在智利。他年幼時就對文學(xué)和寫作產(chǎn)生了興趣。實(shí)際上，他10歲時就開始寫詩。他的作品首次刊登在地方日報上時，他只有13歲！

聶魯達(dá)的每本書都被譯成多種語言。他的詩歌直至今日依然很受歡迎！