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MIHAI EMINESCU VENETIA VENICE VENEDIG |
VENETIA VENICE S-a stins viata falnicei Venetii, Gone is the life of splendid Venice, N-auzi cintari, nu vezi lumini de baluri; No songs resound, no ballroom carnivals Pe scari de marmura prin vechi portaluri On marble stairs, through the old portals Patrunde luna inalbind paretii. Whitens the moon the ancient edifice Okeanos se plinge pe canaluri... Okeanos wails along the canals.. El numa-n veci e-n floarea tineretii, Forever youthful and of vernal tide, Miresei dulci i-ar da suflarea vietii, He'd give back life to his sweet bride, Izbeste-n ziduri vechi, sunind din valuri Breaks waves into old walls in vocals. Ca-n tintirim tacere e-n cetate. A graveyard silence rules the ancient city, Preot ramas din a vechimii zile, A priest of bygone times doing his plight, San Marc sinistru miezul noptii bate. San Marco chimes sinisterly midnight. Cu glas adinc ca graiul de Sibile, In deepest voice of Sybillinic tone, Rosteste lin in clipe cadentate: Soft, cadenced beat, utters its sentence: "Nu-nvie mortii, e-n zadar copile !" "The dead don't rise, you try in vain my son ! Mihai Eminescu, Decembrie 1883 Translation: February 16, 2008 |