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Sorescu, Marin: Scara la cer

Portre of Sorescu, Marin

Scara la cer (Romanian)

Un fir de paianjen
Atârna de tavan.
Exact deasupra patului meu.

În fiecare zi observ
Cum se lasa tot mai jos.
Mi se trimite si
Scara la cer - zic,

Mi se arunca de sus.

Desi am slabit îngrozitor de mult
Sunt doar fantoma celui ce am fost
Ma gândesc ca trupul meu
Este totusi prea greu
Pentru scara asta delicata.

- Suflete, ia-o tu înainte.
Pâs! Pâs!



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Ladder to Heaven (English)

A silken thread, spun by a spider
Hangs from the ceiling
Just above my bed.

Day by day I watch it descend.
And think, 'now heaven offers me ladder,
It reaches to me from above'.

Weakened though I be,
A shadow of my former self,
I think the ladder might not
Support my weight.

Listen, my soul, on you go ahead,
Softly, softly.



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