THE AMULET / TALISMANUL

POSTED IN classic poetry May 16, 2022

THE AMULET / TALISMANUL

Your picture smiles as first it smiled,
The ring you gave is still the same,
Your letter tells, O changing child,
No tidings since it came.

Give me an amulet
That keeps intelligence with you,
Red when you love, and rosier red,
And when you love not, pale and blue.

Alas, that neither bonds nor vows
Can certify possession;
Torments me still the fear that love
Died in its last expression.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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TALISMANUL

Poza-ti zambeste tot la fel,
Acelasi e inelul dat,
Scrisoarea-ti, schimbator copil,
Vesti noi, de când veni, n-a dat.

Să-mi dai un talisman
Care s-arate ce simti tu,
Roșu si roz, cand tu iubesti
Palid si-albastru atunci cand nu.

Vai, nici un fel de juraminte
Destinul nu vor izbavi;
Tare mi-e teama că iubirea
Demult muri.

trad. M. M. Biela