POEME ROMÂNESTI ÎN LIMBI STRĂINE
Vasile TĂRÂTEANU
Dialogue
“What are you doing ?”
„Can’t you see ?
I’m working :
I’m shaking the dew
down from the flowers
in the morning
and I wash with it
the wound left by the star,
by the word,
by the Earth
and I’m singing –
like a bird.”
“How are you getting on ?”
„Nice of you to ask !
Like the sun beam
when it pierces
the clouds,
the fortress
walls
like the ploughed field
in spring
like the leaf,
like the heart’s desire...”
And I revive from faith
the wonderful wish
from times
of yore,
the ancient matchless pray,
“May God help us !”
(English version: Gabriela PACHIA)