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Romanian Dictionary of Quotations, Selected & Translated by Constantin ROMAN: Letter ‘H’

July 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Diaspora, International Media, PEOPLE, quotations, Translations

Hitler:
“He looks like a bottle of mustard with a black label.”
Marthe Bibesco

Hour:
“A well spent hour is worth more than centuries and centuries of ignorance and neglect.”
Eugene Ionesco

Hunger:
“Old people do not need so many calories.”
Nicolae Ceausescu

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Romanian Dictionary of Quotations, Selected & Translated by Constantin ROMAN: Letter ‘F’

July 20th, 2013 · No Comments · Diaspora, PEOPLE, quotations, Translations

Famous:
“When one is famous one does not think any longer at outshining others”.
Elise BRATIANO

Fashion:
“Fashion is what clothes reality and offers dreams.”
Marthe BIBESCO,

Friendship:
“All friendship is a virtual drama, a sequel of subtle wounds.”
Emil CIORAN

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Romanian Dictionary of Quotations, Selected & Translated by Constantin ROMAN: Letter ‘E’

July 20th, 2013 · No Comments · Diaspora, International Media, PEOPLE, quotations, Translations

Eternity:
“I too have taken a few steps on the sands of Eternity.”
Constantin BRANCUSI

Exile:
“I cry, with Psalm 136, the captivity of Babylon. For me, like for the Jews deported to Babylon, it is no longer imaginable to write poems in exile. I lost my country, my people is captive. The exile shuts the mouth”
Virgil GHEORGHIU,
Exile:
“You are suffering for being far away from your kith and kin, from the sky and the land where you were born. You should know that one and the same sky covers our wounded land and that your exile is only an initiation. Do not be sad during your stay in Tomis, rather prepare yourself for the life beyond, the eternal life, which is not far, where suffering is unknown, as the time finds its meaning only within the confines of suffering.”
Vintila HORIA

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Romanian Dictionary of Quotations, Selected & Translated by Constantin ROMAN: Letter ‘C’

July 19th, 2013 · No Comments · International Media, PEOPLE, quotations, Translations, Uncategorized

Chanel, Coco
“A woman who governs without parliament, for much longer than a minister. A woman who must take 400 decisions a year, whose jurisdiction enforces the law, beyond the frontiers of our country.”
Marthe Bibesco
“When we are no longer children, we are already dead.” Constantin BRANCUSI
“Take a circle and caress it – it will become vicious.”
Eugene Ionesco

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Poetry in Translation (CCI): Tzveta SOFRONIEVA (b. 1963, Bulgaria), BULGARIA & GERMANY, “When Zeus turned his back on her”, “Când Zeus i-a întors spatele”

July 5th, 2013 · No Comments · Diaspora, PEOPLE, Poetry, quotations, Translations, Uncategorized

Când Zeus i-a întors spatele
limba care era casa strămoşilor mei
acum e doar un fulg în aripa Europei:
oare zbura- va ca să-şi admire frumuseţea,
ca un Narcis, primăvara?

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Poetry in Translation (CXCVII): D. H. LAWRENCE (1885 – 1930), ENGLAND, “December Night”, “Noapte de iarnă”

June 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · PEOPLE, Poetry, quotations, Translations

Poetry in Translation (CXCVII): D. H. LAWRENCE (1885 – 1930), ENGLAND, “December Night”, “Noapte de iarnă”

December Night
D. H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930)

Take off your cloak and your hat
And your shoes, and draw up at my hearth
Where never woman sat.
I have made the fire up bright;
Let us leave the rest in the dark
And sit by firelight.
The wine is warm in the hearth;
The flickers come and go.
I will warm your feet with kisses
Until they glow.

Noapte de iarnă
D. H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930)

Scoate- ţi paltonul, pălăria
Şi incălţările şi vino lângă sobă,
Acolo unde nimeni n-a pierdut mândria.
Şi-acuma să lăsăm totul în umbră,
În timp ce voi aprinde focul aprig,
Strângându-te la pieptu-mi, în penumbră;
Licoarea nopţii a pătruns în suflet,
Iar flăcările se rotesc în joacă.
Îţi voi cuprinde corpul cu săruturi
Până îţi voi încinge fiinţa toată.

(Rendered in Romanian by Constantin ROMAN, London,

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Poetry in Translation (CXCVI): Eeva-Liisa MANNER, (1921 – 1995), FINLAND, “Assimilation”, “Integrare”

June 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · International Media, PEOPLE, Poetry, quotations, Translations

I will show you a way
that I have traveled.

If you come
If you come back some day
searching for me

do you see how everything shifts
a little every moment
and becomes less pretentious
and more primitive
(like pictures drawn by children
or early forms of life:
the soul’s alphabet)
you will come to a warm region
it is soft and hazy
but then I will no longer be me,
but the forest.
Îţi voi arăta drumul
care l-am urmat.

Dacă vei veni
Dacă vei veni într-o zi înapoi
căutându-mă
oare vezi cum lucrurile se schimbă
câte un pic în fiecare clipă
ca să devină mai puţin pretenţioase
şi mai naive
(aidoma desenelor de copii
sau formelor de viaţă primitive:
un alfabet al sufletului).
O să vii pe meleaguri calde
un aer blând în ceaţă
dar atunci eu nu voi mai fi eu,
ci doar codrul.

(Rendered in Romanian by Constantin ROMAN, London,
© 2013 Copyright Constantin ROMAN)

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Poetry in Translation (CXCV): Rudyard KIPLING (1865 – 1935), ENGLAND “If”, “Dacă, doar…”, “Si”, “Tu seras un Homme, mon fils”

June 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Diaspora, International Media, PEOPLE, Poetry, Translations

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

Dacă doar capul ţi-ai păstra, când toţi din jurul tău
L-ar pierde, dară vina lor în cârcă ţi-ar urca;
Dacă nădejdea ţi-ai păstra, când toţi s-ar îndoi,
Scuzându-se la nesfârşit, în îndoiala lor:
De-ai aştepta fără să fii trudit,
Mereu minţit, fără să poţi minţi,
Atunci când lumea te-ar urî, fără să poţi urî,
Si fără să te-mpăunezi, sau să te dai viteaz;

Rendered in Romanian by Constantin ROMAN, London,
© 2013 Copyright Constantin ROMAN

Si entre la turba das a la virtud abrigo;
si, marchando con reyes del orgullo has triunfado;
si no pueden herirte ni amigo ni enemigo;
si eres bueno con todos, pero no demasiado,
si puedes llenar los preciosos minutos
con sesenta segundos de combate bravío,
tuya es la Tierra y todos sus codiciados frutos,
y lo que más importa: ¡serás hombre, hijo mío!”
© Dra. Gloria M. Sánchez Zeledón de Norris Yoyita.

Si tu peux rencontrer Triomphe après Défaite
Et recevoir ces deux menteurs d’un même front,
Si tu peux conserver ton courage et ta tête
Quand tous les autres les perdront,

Alors les Rois, les Dieux, la Chance et la Victoire
Seront à tous jamais tes esclaves soumis,
Et, ce qui vaut mieux que les Rois et la Gloire
Tu seras un homme, mon fils.

(traduit de l’anglais par André Maurois)

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Poetry in Translation (CXCIII): Ignazio DELOGU, Sardinia, (1928 – 2011), “Sa terra mia”, “La mia terra”, “Pământul meu”, “My Land”

June 5th, 2013 · Comments Off on Poetry in Translation (CXCIII): Ignazio DELOGU, Sardinia, (1928 – 2011), “Sa terra mia”, “La mia terra”, “Pământul meu”, “My Land” · International Media, PEOPLE, Poetry, quotations, Translations, Uncategorized

Pământul meu
Ignazio Delogu (1928 – 2011)

Pământul meu
este o piatră
de sete și dureri.
Pământul meu
este o pâine
fierbinte ca inima.
Pământul meu
este un râu
de ură și resentimente.
Pământul meu
este o rochie de mireasă
pentru dragostea mea
Pământul meu
este o bijuterie nestemată
pentru miner.
Pământul meu
este steaua
ce călăuzește păstorul.
Pământul meu
este ca ultimul val
pentru pescar.

(Rendered in Romanian by Constantin ROMAN, London,
© 2013 Copyright Constantin ROMAN)

My land
is a stone
of thirst and pain.
My land
is a bread
as hot as my heart.
My land
is a river
of hatred and resentment.
My land
is a bride’s wedding gown
for my love.
My land
is a precious stone
for the miner.
My land
is the morning star
guiding the shepherd.
My land
is the fisherman’s
last wave.

(Rendered in English by Constantin ROMAN, London,
© 2013 Copyright Constantin ROMAN)

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Poetry in Translation (CXCII): Eeva Karin KILPI, Finland, (b. 1928), “He stepped inside my door”, “Intrând pe uşe”

May 28th, 2013 · Comments Off on Poetry in Translation (CXCII): Eeva Karin KILPI, Finland, (b. 1928), “He stepped inside my door”, “Intrând pe uşe” · International Media, PEOPLE, Poetry, quotations, Translations

Eeva Kilpi (1928- ) Finlanda

INTRÂND PE UŞE

Spune-mi drept
dacă te deranjez,
m-a întrebat: el
intrând pe uşe,
şi o să plec imediat.

Nu numai că mă derajezi,
i-am răspuns,
dar mi-ai întors întreaga lume,
pe dos.
Bine ai venit!

(Rendered in Romanian by Constantin ROMAN,
© 2013 Copyright Constantin ROMAN)

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