Maria Banuş

                           

TOCMAI IEŞEAM DIN ARENĂ

Pentru că eşti cu atît mai tînăr ca mine,
am vrut să te-nvăţ şi să-ţi spun :
" Fii temerar ", sau : " Fii răbdător ",
" Fii vulpe ", " Fii leu ",
cum se spune celor mai tineri.
Tocmai ieşeam din arenă, ne aflam sub stele,
sub cerul mării de august,
şi toate adevărurile care-n arenă
erau tari, substanţiale ca minereurile,
se pulverizaseră-n mii de stropi argintii
ce nu mă lăsau să vorbesc.


WE WERE JUST COMING OUT FROM THE ARENA

Because you're much younger than me,
I wanted to teach you and tell you :
" Be bold ", or : " Be patient ",
" Be a fox ", " Be a lion ",
as is told to the younger ones.
We were just coming out from the arena, we were under the stars,
under the sky of the sea of august,
and all the truths that in the arena
were strong, substantial like minerals,
had been pulverized in thousands silver drops
which didn't let me talk.