Beyond the World

The poet will never forget
the roots of fire
nor the light of the word.
His eyes, widened with wonder,
see beyond the world
behind the restlessness of dawn.
At the shore of his heart,
stranded in eternity.

ION DEACONESCU, ROMANIA (1947)

Translation Gabriela Căluțiu Sonnenberg – Germain Droogenbroodt –Stanley Barkan
From „Grădina din pustiu” (1997), volumul ”Ferestre Zidite”, 2015, Ed. Grinta, Cluj Napoca