MIHAI EMINESCU

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And If...

          

Only the Poet

          

          "And if branches knock in the window

         "The entire world is ephemeral
                 And the aspen trees are shaking           People go by, and die
          Is for me to have you in my mind           As the thousands of waves
                 And to get you close to me, slowly.           That fill their souls
                     Unceasingly threshing
          And if stars mirror in the lake           The bosom of the endless sea.
                 Lightening its deepness          
          Is for me to soothe my pain          Only the poet
                 Brightening up my mind.          Like birds that fly
                    Above the waves
          And if the thick clouds fade away          Can go beyond the boundlessness of time.
                 So the Moon comes shining out           In the branches of the thought,
          Is for me to remember          In the sacred meadows
                 You forever.          Where birds like him, sing.

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All poems translated by © Gustav Demeter from

Eminescu, Mihai (1985). Poezii, Bucuresti: Ed. Minerva