Evocare / Conjuring

POSTED IN translated Romanian-Finnish July 24, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evocare

Ea era frumoasa ca umbra unei idei, –
a piele de copil mirosea spinarea ei,
a piatra proaspat sparta
a strigat dintr-o limba moarta.

Ea nu avea greutate, ca respirarea.
Râzânda si plângânda cu lacrimi mari
era sarata ca sarea
slavita la ospete de barbari.

Ea era frumoasa ca umbra unui gând.
Între ape, numai ea era pamânt.

NICHITA STANESCU

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Conjuring

She was beautiful like an idea’s shade,-
her back was smelling like a child’s skin portrayed,
like a rock freshly wrung
like a cry in a dead tongue.

She had no weight, like the breath.
Laughing and crying with big tears
she was salty like the salt strength
at feasts worshipped by the goths with cheers.

She was beautiful like the shadow of a thought.
Between waters, only she was landspot.

English version, Maria Magdalena Biela