Homage to Eminescu
Eminescu was born exactly 159 years ago today and died on June15th, only 39 years later. He is our most important, romantic and loved poet, the very essence of the Romanian soul, our emblem. I think there is nobody in this country unable to recite at least a few of his verses. One of the reasons for which he is cherished is his perpetual validity. Even now, his words are an answer to our qustions, a mirror to our feelings. Here is the beginning of one of his poems, "Glossa":
Time will come and time will fly,
All is old, but new in kind;
What is right and what is wry
You should ponder in your mind;
Don't be Hope's or Terror's thrall;
Wave-like things like waves shall pass;
Should they urge or should they call,
Keep as cool as ice or glass.
Vreme trece, vreme vine,
Toate-s vechi si noua toate;
Ce e rau si ce e bine
Tu te-ntreaba si socoate;
Nu spera si nu ai teama,
Ce e val, ca valul trece;
De te-ndeamna, de te cheama,
Tu ramai la toate rece.
4 comments:
Although flexibility in life is a path to happiness, you can only get it once you have known yourself. This is why knowledge is important, not to be a puppet in the waves.
Wise lines Eminescu wrote in Glossa. I can undertand why Romanians are proud of him.
I'm reading in a newspaper article that the Academy proclaimed January 15th as the Day of the Culture. The journalist is against the choice; he says that Eminescu might mean a lot to us, but he means nothing to the world. He suggests a more relevant birthday: Hagi's. :)Do you know who he is?
Yes, of ocurse I do. Everybody knows. He's a footballer and coach.
Culture is everything, even sport. A survey could be done to see the number of people who know Eminescu and the number of people who know Hagi.
Where? Ask who? It's an interesting idea and it could be extended.
But, if Hagi wins, would it make Eminescu less valuable? It's not an equal exposure for the both.
But again, this might be an idea..What do we know about the others?
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