CANTEC DE ADORMIT GENUNCHII / LULLABY FOR THE KNEES

POSTED IN classic poetry, translated Romanian-English April 5, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANTEC DE ADORMIT GENUNCHII / LULLABY FOR THE KNEES

Sa nu tipati, genunchii mei.
Drum cu ferigi de nopti, de ploaie.
Genunchi de fier cum va îndoaie?
Va mân spre el ca pe doi miei.

Pe drumul negurii va-mping.

Va vor lua poate între ei
genunchi ce strâng, zvâcnind si grei,
ca noptile de astrahan.
Si licurici de pasi se sting.

Sa nu tipati, genunchii mei.

MARIA BANUS

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Lullaby for the knees

Do not scream, my beloved knees.
Path filled with ferns of nights, of rain.
The iron knees ‘ll bend you in pain?
To him I guide you, lambs of ease.
I push you on the path of mist.

You will be taken hard, in tease
by other knees with throb and squeeze,
like darkened nights of astrakhan.
And firefly steps don’t persist.

Do not scream, my beloved knees.

English version, Maria Magdalena Biela