I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You

I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You
by Pablo Neruda

I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.
Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel ray
Stealing my key to true calm.
In this part of the story I am the one who dies,
The only one, and I will die of love
Because I love you,
Because I love you,
Love, in fire and blood.