Oh , do not say “life hasn’t any sense, I’d rather die”
much better say I feel alive today,
how could I yesterday wish I would die

Your mornings are indeed foggy sometimes
the fog of melancholy and despair –
when you feel life is draining out
and cannot stop it, but you sit in numbing,
(although keep moving, even eat at times
despite your lack of appetite,
mechanically solve some urgent problems)
But look! The sun has risen now, it is
brighter even than yesterday
it is your soul that made it rise and shine,
your soul much brighter than the sun
that’s mirroring itself in it,
the whole world’s love is mirrored in yourself
when you learn to love yourself again.

translated from Romanian by Roxana Alexandrescu, [email protected]