tout est nouveau, tout est ancien.
Ce qu’est le mal, ce qu’est le bien,
à toi de le savoir enfin ;
n’aie plus d’espoir et n’aie plus peur,
ce qui est vague, vague meurt;
à tout appel, à tout appât,
reste insensible, reste froid.
(…)
*
Glossã
Vreme trece, vreme vine,
Toate-s vechi şi nouă toate;
Ce e rău şi ce e bine
Tu te-ntreabă si socoate;
Nu spera şi nu ai teamă,
Ce e val ca valul trece;
De te-ndeamnă, de te cheamă
Tu rămăi la toate rece.
(…)
*
Days go past, and days come still,
All is old and all is new,
What is well and what is ill,
You imagine and construe
Do not hope and do not fear,
Waves that leap like waves must fall;
Should they praise or should they jeer,
Look but coldly on it all.
(…)
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Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889) – Poezii/ Poésies