The Art of Writing

 

He told me,
"Writing is a mode of slowing the thinking,
of drawing primitively
the face of the faceless beings,
the fingers of pure touching --
the one that had been before
the creation of the fingers and things."

Oh, you, speed,
heart in balance,
pushing the migration of the peoples of
red and white cells.

Heart, you, the quickest
heart, you, deity of magnets!

They have made a face of yours from broze
and one from iron,
but the bronze melodious is, and the iron
pretty swift is.

They have made a face of yours from stone,
but the stone is coward,
and hides inside it
births of armless statues.

They have made a face of yours from words,
have drawn you as heart
and have given you the shape of A.

He told me,
"Writing is a way of slowing the thinking,
a primitive one of comprehending, of stopping
the motions of the thought.
Writing seems to be very alike to a trap
of metal,
that catches in it a living fox
and a moving one
and shaking
and blocked by the fear of death.

I told him,
"There are many forests and I am hungry,
that is why I made A, the divine trap."

I told him,
"I placed traps at the beginning of the forest,
from A and from A.
Now, I am sitting somewhere, at a certain distance
and I am waiting for the catch of my food."

He heard me.  He silenced.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ARTA SCRISULUI

 

El imi spuse:
scrisul este un mod de a incetini gandirea,
de a desena primitiv
chipul fiintelor fara de chip
degetele pipaitului pur --
cel care a fost mai de dinainte
de crearea degetelor si a lucrurilor.

O, tu, viteza,
inima in balans,
impingand migratia popoarelor de celule
rosii si albe.

Inima, tu, cea mai repede,
inima, tu, zeitate a magnetilor!

Au facut un chip al tau din bronz
si unul din fier,
dar bronzul e melodios, iar fierul
destul de sprinten este.

Au facut un chip al tau din piatra,
dar piatra e lasa,
si-ascunde in ea
nasteri de statui fara brate.

Au facut un chip al tau din cuvinte,
te-au desenat inima
si ti-au dat forma lui A.

El imi spuse:
scrisul este un mod de a incetini gandirea,
un mod primitiv de a intelege, de a opri
miscarile gandului.
Scrisul se aseamana intocmai cu o capcana
de metal,
care prinde in ea o vulpe vie
si miscatoare
si zbatandu-se
si pierita de frica mortii.

Eu i-am spus:
sunt multe apduri si mi-e foame,
de aceea l-am facut pe A, divina capcana.

Eu i-am spus:
am pus capacane la inceputul padurii
din A si din A.
Acum stau la o oarecare departare
si astept prinderea hranei mel.

El m-a auzit.  El a tacut.
 
 
 

 
Nichita Stanescu // Ordinea Cuvintelor Unu / 261-294 / Oul si sfera / 1967 // Arta scrisului / 2004 /
Nichita Stanescu // The Order of the Words Two / 1977 - 2004 / The Egg and the Sphere / The Art of Writing / 2004 /

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