To live a soul’s morning’s as if
though captive in the fog
you saw the sun still shining bright
within yourself, deep in your heart,
its vital force pervading you,
feeding your love for life
your feeling of communion
with each and all around

The sunlight shaded by a heavy cloud –
is but a veil you have to draw apart
Ignore it. Or, rather, throw it into night
– the night of time. Then you may say:
I have once more come out
from the night of my soul

The sunlight shaded by the clouds
is no more than a lonely thought
stopped right above your heart
or winding through your mind
as through the coils of time –
you take it for a tunnel
which is, you think, outside
until your eyes get used to dark,
until you see it is only a veil
that makes your soul go numb
Tear it off ! Indeed
the sky is sometimes overcast,
but don’t forget
that neither shade, nor clouds can last.

translated from Romanian by Roxana Alexandrescu, [email protected]