A word is dead / Cuvantu-i dus

POSTED IN classic poetry, Spring, translated English-Romanian March 25, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A word is dead

A word is dead
When it is said
Some day.

I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

Emily Dickison
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Cuvantu-i dus
Îndat’ ce-i spus
Candva.

Eu cred c-abia
Atunci ‘si-ncepe
Viata.
Romanian Version,
Maria Magdalena Biela