669 | Repairer of rainbows | Gheorghe Paun, Romania

Repairer of Rainbows

My commandment, since the beginning,

from the never-returned star signs,

is to toil, with burned eyelashes,

to repair butterfly wings.

Godly, I am carrying my burden

like a monk with a bent back

crafting powdered wings—

A repairer of rainbows.

Gheorghe Păun (Romania)

Transated by Iuliana Pasca – Stanley Barkan

From ”De trecere și petrecere”,
Editura Tiparg, Pitești 2013

Repairer of Rainbows

My commandment, since the beginning,

from the never-returned star signs,

is to toil, with burned eyelashes,

to repair butterfly wings.

Godly, I am carrying my burden

like a monk with a bent back

crafting powdered wings—

A repairer of rainbows.

Gheorghe Păun (Romania)

Transated by Iuliana Pasca – Stanley Barkan

From ”De trecere și petrecere”,
Editura Tiparg, Pitești 2013