The  Non-Words  
 

He extended toward me a leaf as a hand with fingers.  
I extended toward him a hand as a leaf with teeth.  
He extended toward me a branch as an arm.  
I extended toward him the arm as a branch.  
He leaned his trunk toward me  
as an apple tree.  

I leaned toward him the shoulder  
as a knotting trunk.  
I heard how his sap was thickening, pulsating  
as the blood does.  
He heard how my blood was slowing down, lifting as the sap does.  
I passed through him.  
He passed through me.  
I remained a lonely tree.  
He  
a lonely man.  
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

       Necuvintele  
 
 
 

El a intins spre mine o frunza ca o mana cu degete.  
Eu am intins spre el o mana ca o frunza cu dinti.  
El a intins spre mine o ramura ca un brat.  
Eu am intins spre el bratul ca o ramura.  
El si-a inclinat spre mine trunchiul  
ca un mar.  

Eu mi-am inclinat spre el umarul  
ca un trunchi noduros.  
Auzeam cum se-nteteste seva lui batand  
ca sangele.  
Auzea cum se incetineste sangele meu suind ca seva.  
Eu am trecut prin el.  
El a trecut prin mine.  
Eu am ramas un pom singur.  
El  
un om singur.  
 

 
 

            Nichita Stanescu  /// Ordinea Cuvintelor -- Unu / 381 //  Necuvintele / 1969 / Necuvintele ///  
            Nichita Stanescu  /// The Order of the Words -- One / 1978 - 2004 //  The Non-Words // 2004 / The Non-Words // 2004 ///  

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