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EMINESCU DACA IUBESTI FARA SA SPERI IF YOU LOVE WITHOUT ANY HOPE
DACA IUBESTI FARA SA SPERI              IF YOU LOVE WITHOUT ANY HOPE


Daca iubesti fara sa speri                            If you love without any hope
De-a fi iubit vreodata                                    To be loved back some day,
Se-ntuneca de lungi pareri                            Long sorrows that you'll have to cope
De rau viata toata                                          Will darken your life's way.

Si-ti lasa-n suflet un amar                            Soul's bitter sorrow the like of
Si in gindiri asemeni                                    Will too, obsess your mind,
Caci o iubire in zadar                                    For unreciprocated love,
Cu moartea-i sor-de gemeni.                      And death are twins in kind.

Dar vindecarea de dureri                              To heal love's pangs, is quite a task,
In piept in partea stinga-i,.                            Within your chest's left side,
De acolo trebuie sa ceri                                That's where you have to go to ask,
Cuvinte sa te mangai                                    Where soothing words reside.

Acolo afli adapost                                        A sanctuary you'll find in thee,
Ori cate-se intample                                      Whatever happens lately
Ca s-un amor care-ar fi fost                          As if your love was ment to be,
Viata ta s-o imple                                          To fill your life entirely

Caci un luceafar rasarit                                  A morning star which just arose,
Din linistea uitarii                                          From the oblivion's quietness
Da orizon nemarginit                                      An infinite horizon shows
Singuratatii marii                                            Unto the sea's lonesomeness.         

Si ochiul tau intunecat                                    And your eye reflects the gloom
Atunci il imple plinsul,                                      And fills with tears of crying
Iar ale vietii valuri bat                                      Life's waves are crashing with a boom,
Calatorind spre dinsul                                      To reach him up, they're trying.

Si dau cadente de nespus                              Astounding cadence they convey
Durerii tale lunge,                                            To your recurring pain,
Pe cind luceafarul e sus                                  Meanwhile the star is up away,
Ca sa nu-l poti ajunge.                                    You can't reach its domain.

Zimbeste trist cu raze reci                                Sad smiling sends it from above
Sperantelor desarte:                                        Yours fruitless hopes, her ray
"In veci iubio-vei in veci                                    "Forever she will be your love,
Va ramanea departe"                                        Forever far she'll stay".

S-a tale zile-or fi cum sunt,                              Your days will be an empty shell
Pustii ca niste stepe                                        Like steppes an empty place
Iar noptile de-un farmec sfant                          And nights of pure divine spell
Ce nu-l mai poti pricepe",                                You can't perceive its grace".



Mihai Eminescu, 1882                                      Translated
                                                                        February 14, 2008
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