Ode (in ancient meter)
Poems by Mihai Eminescu about Old, Sadness, Symbol, Eyes, Solitude, Hope, Suffering, Being, Thinking, Celebrity
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Ode (in ancient meter)
Hardly had I thought I should learn to perish;Ever young, enwrapped in my robe I wandered,
Raising dreamy eyes to the star styled often
Solitude's symbol.
All at once, however, you crossed my pathway -
Suffering - you, painfully sweet, yet torture...
To the lees I drank the delight of dying -
Pitiless torment.
Sadly racked, I'm burning alive like Nessus,
Or like Hercules by his garment poisoned;
Nor can I extinguish my flames with every
Billow of oceans.
By my own illusion consumed I'm wailing
On my own grim pyre in flames I'm melting...
Can I hope to rise again like the Phoenix
Bird from the ashes?
May all tempting eyes vanish from my pathway
Come back to my breast, you indifferent sorrow!
So that I may quietly die, restore me
To my own being!
Poems by Mihai Eminescu about old, sadness, symbol, eyes, solitude, hope, suffering, being, thinking, celebrity.
(1883, Translated by Andrei Bantas)
Mihai Eminescu 1850-1889, the biggest romanian poet and one of the best-known poets of the world
Was born on: 15 jan 1850.
Died on 15 jun 1889, at 39 years old.
Died on 15 jun 1889, at 39 years old.
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