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January 22, 2008

Nichita Stanescu--Of course

DESIGUR
de Nichita Stănescu

Desigur, ea e o brăţară
purtată la mână de un zeu
ea e mai liniştită spre seară
deşi e neliniştită mereu.

Ea luceşte toată în luna
când zeul îsi ridică braţul zâmbind,
o lebădă brună
cu plisc de argint

Zeul e invizibil. Nu se vede
decât ea la glezna mâinii lui,
bătând în cerul negru şi verde
vederea mea ca un cui.
OF COURSE
by Nichita Stănescu

She is, of course, a bracelet,
that a god wears on his hand,
she’s more quiet in the evening,
though she’s always without rest.

She shimmers in the moon dawn
when the god lifts his arm, oblique,
a beautiful brown swan
with a silver beak.

The god is invisible. You can spy
only her, on the ankle of his wrist,
nailing into the green black sky
my eyesight, like a fist.

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