CLASSIC POETRY
Posted on April 26, 2022 by magda
MARRIAGE / CASATORIE
This institution,perhaps one should say enterpriseout of respect for whichone says one need not change one’s mindabout a thing one has believed in,requiring public promisesof one’s intentionto fulfill a private obligation:I wonder what Adam and Evethink of it by this time,this firegilt steelalive with goldenness;how bright it shows...
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Posted on November 1, 2021 by magda
AFFIRMATION / AFIRMATIE
To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. Even when we are young, we glimpse it sometimes, and nod our heads when a grandfather dies.Then we row for years on the midsummer pond, ignorant and content. But a marriage,that began without harm, scatters into debris...
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Posted on September 26, 2021 by magda
SI TÚ ME OLVIDAS / DACĂ MĂ VEI UITA / IF YOU FORGET ME
Quiero que sepasuna cosa.
Tú sabes cómo es esto:si mirola luna de cristal, la rama rojadel lento otoño en mi ventana,si tocojunto al fuegola impalpable cenizao el arrugado cuerpo de la leña,todo me lleva a ti,como si todo...
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Posted on August 26, 2021 by magda
Cantecul nebunului / The fool’s song
Ei sunt cuminti…Eu sunt nebun…Dar cum Eu sunt ce-am fost mereu —Poate ca ce-l cuminte-s Eu —Desi de cite ori le-o spun,Eu pentru Ei… sunt tot nebun…
Ei mă urasc ca nu-s ca Ei…Eu îi iubesc ca nu-s ca Mine…Ei beauSi mint fără rusine —Si-n ochii...
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Posted on May 22, 2021 by magda
Stjärnorna / The stars / Stelele
När natten kommerstår jag på trappan och lyssnar,stjärnorna svärma i trädgårdenoch jag står ute i mörkret.Hör, en stjärna föll med en klang!Gå icke ut i gräset med bara fötter;min trädgård är full av skärvor.
Edith Södergran
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The stars
When night comesI stand on the stairs and listen,the stars...
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Posted on May 22, 2021 by magda
Svart eller vitt / Black or white / Negru sau alb
Floderna löpa under broarna,blommorna lysa vid vägarna,skogarna böja sig susande till marken.För mig är intet mera högt eller lågt,svart eller vitt,sen jag har sett en vitklädd kvinnai min älskades arm.
EDITH SÖDERGRAN
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Black or white
The rivers run under the bridges,the flowers shine...
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Posted on May 3, 2021 by magda
El canto de la miel / Cântecul mierii / The song of honey
La miel es la palabra de Cristo,el oro derretido de su amor.El más allá del néctar,la momia de la luz del paraíso.
La colmena es una estrella casta,pozo de ámbar que alimenta el ritmode las abejas. Seno de los...
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Posted on April 11, 2021 by magda
WE GROW ACCUSTOMED TO THE DARK / NE-OBISNUIM CU BEZNA
We grow accustomed to the Dark —When Light is put away —As when the Neighbor holds the LampTo witness her Good bye —
A Moment — We Uncertain stepFor newness of the night —Then — fit our Vision to the Dark —And...
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Posted on April 6, 2021 by magda
DACA TU AI DISPAREA / IF YOU WERE TO DISAPPEAR
Dacă tu ai dispăreaÎntr-o noapte oarecareDulcea mea, amara meaAş pleca nebun pe mare.
Cu un sac întreg de lutŞi-o spinare de nuieleSă te fac de la-nceputCu puterea mâinii mele.
Lucru lung şi monotonSă te înviez, femeie,Eu, bolnav HyperionHai şi umblă , Galatee !
Dacă...
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Posted on April 6, 2021 by magda
Ții minte focul… / Do you recall the fire …
Ții minte focul, chinul, primăvara,Tot viscolul aprins ce bântuise?El ne adunase, el ne învrăjbise,El ne mâna, învolburându-și para.
Dar de pe-atunci, când nu se potoliseFurtuna vârstei, cea dintâi, amara,Când tinereții-i mai duceam povară,Noi încă ne uneam prin alte vise.
Și dacă azi nimic...
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