Suddenly I Heard the Rain Coming ...
 

Suddenly I heard the rain coming.
Up, when I was painting the balustrade, I heard it!
It threw blocks of silence ahead of it,
onto the roofs.

Suddenly I heard the rain coming
like a heard of galloping gazelles
on the roofs.
In front of it was running the silence
with whirlwinds of dirt.

Suddenly I heard the rain coming.
Therefore, I tore out my shirt
showing the glittering bulges of my shoulders
towards the large city, calling to it,
"Hurry up old man,
let's be caught
by a banner of coolness – and then
further!"


 
 
        Deodata am auzit ploaia venind ...
 
 

Deodata am auzit ploaia venind.
De sus, cand vopseam balustrada, am auzit-o!
Blocuri de tacere azvarlea inainte-i,
pe-acoperise.

Deodata am auzit ploaia venind
ca o turma de gazele in goana,
pe acoperise.
Inaintea ei alerga tacerea
cu torte de praf.

Deodata am auzit ploaia venind.
De aceea mi-am smuls camasa
aratandu-mi bulgarii lucitori ai umerilor
spre marele oras, strigandu-i:
iute, batrane,
sa ne prinda si pe noi
o tramba de racoare - si-apoi,
mai departe!
 
 

            

            Nichita Stanescu // Ordinea Cuvintelor -- Unu / 95 // Sensul Iubirii / 1960 / Deodata am auzit ploaia venind ...
            Nichita Stanescu // The Order of the Words -- One / 95 // The Meaning of Love / 1960 / Suddenly I Heard the Rain Coming ...

            Radu Sebescu, 1979-2004, All Rights Reserved, 2004 March, rsebescu@yahoo.com, rsebescu@caramail.com
 

            RomaniaVirtuala.org   >>>   HTML Index   >>>   Nichita Stanescu   >>>   Sensul Iubirii (1960)   <<<   The Meaning of Love (1960)   <<<    
        Romania Virtuala Organization, 2004, All Rights Reserved, 1999-2004,      RomaniaVirtuala.org      Webmasters      Copyright     
        This page was last time updated on 2004 March 11th, All Rights Reserved, 1999-2004,      RomaniaVirtuala.org