Bilingual Poem: Neruda-Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
This bilingual edition of Pablo Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair explores the layering of language and meaning through color and transparency. The book features both the original Spanish text and the English translation. Red and green are used as the primary colors, with overlapping typography revealing dual readings. By using color filters, readers can isolate one language or view both at once— mirroring the emotional duality in Neruda’s poetry. The visual system emphasizes the tension and harmony between love and loss, between languages and voices.