Napoleon la Austerlitz

Singur din nou, tot ce a rămas din tine e un ecou.

De ce pleci? De ce tot pleci? De ce vrei să mă seci?

Acum, nu pot să uit de tine nici înzeci, nici în nouăzeci nici în parseci...

De talie vreau să te iau din nou, să îți fiu din nou erou.

Te iubesc, îmi făceai zilele mai line, mă țineai și pe mine mai pe șine.

Dar tu vii și pleci, uneori mă tratezi cum îi tratau grecii pe meteci.

Alteori, ca cel mai mare dintre regi, vreau doar să alegi.

Eu simt că avem aceleași destine și nu vreau ca așa să se termine.

Toate sentimentele mă zăpăcesc.

Dar uit de lume când te privesc.

Nimic altceva nu există atunci când îți vorbesc.

Universul e mai calm când îți citesc.

Singur, nu sunt sigur dacă și mai matur pentru că tot nu pot să mă înlătur...

De tine...de tine, Maria, cum pot să uit, cum pot să mă bucur?

Vreau să te înjur și situația tot încerc să o îndur.

...dar tremur, îmi e frică pentru că mintea mi se strică...mă lași fără contur...

Stai! Nu pleca, nu vreau să te pierd, vreau să te dezmierd, să dansăm...

În brațele celuilalt să mai stăm, o discuție să mai purtăm.

Să nu ne lăsăm, pe Doga sau pe Chopin să mai valsăm.

Pentru că atunci când cu tine mă găsesc, toate dorințele mele se îndeplinesc

Iar atunci când ale noastre trupuri se unesc, sunt sigur că lângă tine vreau să îmbătrânesc.

Dar știu că într-o dimineață, o să te văd zâmbăreață.

Că o să te țin de mână și că nu o să îți mai dau drumul o săptămână.

Știu că ești citeață și atât de măreață dar te rog, de mine nu uita, în palatul tău de gheață.

Te iubesc, Marii și chiar dacă mă transformă în țărână...sentimentele mele o să rămână.

Mademoiselle, la ce te mai gandești?

Încă în lume iubirea încerci să o răspândești?

Îmi amintesc de nopțile alea calde de vară,

Când pe lângă parcul Izvor ochii noștri dansară.

Cum lumina din felinare îmi bătea pe spate,

Cum râsetele tale gentile repetate, erau singurul lucru care să întrerupă liniștea în acea noapte.

Așteptam împreună un 385...dar eu vroiam să îți sărut buzele fierbinți...

Acum, după atâta timp, strâng din dinți știind că acel sărut făcea parte și din ale tale rugăminți...

Tot speram ca visele mele să devină reale,

Brațele mele în jurul taliei tale.

Lumina lunii care să ne ghideze,

Pasiunea noastră să o ilumineze.

Te mai vezi în acele seri petrecute în doi?

Când povestindu-ți despre Bulgakov, Pushkin și Tolstoi,

Când vorbindu-ți despre politică, artă și literatură.

Ți-ai dat seama că suntem făcuți din aceeași țesătură.

Știu că ai dreptate, în întregime.

Dragostea are o anumită cruzime.

Dar știu că împreună am fi reușit...

Și poate că ne-am fi iubit la nesfârșit...

Chiar dacă acum inima mea singură lumea trebuie să străbată...

...Nu te învinuiesc pentru decizia luată,

Totuși, vreau să știu, în zile gri și fără rost,

Te mai întrebi, în șoaptă, "oare ce ar fi fost...?"

The sun rises once more, on the dark Plutonian shore,  

Such is fate! Helen, Guinevere, Eurydice, Lenore.  

Before the expanse of time shall set and fall.  

Do we not need new muses, new passions of the heart?  

Let us find excitement in Babylon, Assyria, in Gaul...  

Exotic paint, strange backgrounds, awe inspiring art,  

Different sights, original notes drawn on the harp.  

Marvelous and strange phrases, glamorous verses that cut sharp.  

The thing of evil, the prophet, has flown off the Pallas bust, 

South of the Dardanelle's waters, only marred stone pillars, ruins and rust. 

The songs of Orpheus have grown mute and subdued. 

The Sibyl's prophecies have long been dimmed, forgotten.

The knights, flowers adorning their stone armour, upon fields are strewed. 

The stem of the everlasting rose, wilted and rotten,

Its treasure of colours faded and silent,

The petals, withered by a death too violent.

As the strings vibrate, shake their dust,  

To allow new sounds to appear, we must.  

A ceaseless cycle of our world that might one day end,  

The last speck of light will submit to the vastness of the dark. 

What words will we use then? When our will can only bend,  

To the will of the null, the vast expanse that used to mark...  

Our consciousness and our belief in a loving God,  

Haven't we been taught to peer past this façade? 

We raised glittering spires of golden onyx and marble.  

The monuments of our empire would never again lose their sparkle. 

For millennia we begged for our salvation,   

On our broken knees and bleeding elbows.  

We burned our children at the pyre for the cessation,    

Of the enmity that through the world silently rose,  

Still, not a weak murmur or a shaky voice could we discern. 

It's going to be a long time yet, before we finally learn...  

That our lord and savior has no other abject desire,  

But to stand, watch and play his magnificent lyre.  

Mercy, pity could never be afforded to such sordid creatures.  

But Lo! Rejoice! We were created in your image, 'lest we forget.  

Our anger, cruelty and lust are your best features.  

Why did you leave us? In this empty universe set?  

Oxygen, gravity and heat, all things are absent here, 

We built complex machines of iron and oil to mimic our lonely sphere. 

No borders now, for our unstoppable force, 

On the universe itself, our laws we shall forever enforce. 

Not questioning the way atoms or electrons move. 

But imposing our rules on every facet of existence, 

No being left to alter, nothing left to prove. 

The ability to go to any length, to any distance. 

All for a single perspective, one true aim. 

To fan the orange flame, impose our eternal claim. 

Glass domes and resplendent columns now adorn, 

Planets where man could never have imagined being born. 

Statues of jade crowd our artificial slate, hunting for design despite already being cognate. 

And yet, our essence doesn't feel entirely complete,  

A famine inside our psyche that we cannot sate.  

The all-devouring need for the new that conquers our conceit.  

New pleasures, abstract ways of intense feeling.  

Obscene intercourse and beautiful drama keep our life appealing.

Doesn't it all lie in a paradox? In this contradiction? 

We struggle for the impossible despite its constriction,

Yearn for the novel even if it's never enough.

Distraught when west impetuously becomes east,

Yet mortified, when time forgoes its ancient rebuff.

A curse from which we shall never be released.

We are Adam's children, his feather is our plume.

...Eritis sicut deus scientes bonum et malum... 

It is war! The swords, the pikes are sharpened to kill.

Shields, arrows and bows are made for the soldier's duty...

But...thousands to Charon will pay their bill, and thousands more the Lethe's banks will fill.

The gods now have a sooty task...to decide who wins in this conflict... for beauty.

Jet black hair adorns your white and pale shoulder.

Your smile, your gentle laughter puts Aphrodite to the deepest of shame,

And as your cheeks smoulder, two of the brightest blue stars greet the beholder.

All of Greece knows your name and Troy will fight for my claim.

Your scent, fills any room, of fresh freesia and sweet hyacinth.

Your stunning gaze follows me, in small and shy sips.

You're making sure I would be your plinth, your key to life's labyrinth.

And when I look back, you pout your lips and press down with your hips.

From Menelaus's grasp I took you away,

Your lawful husband, guardian and protector.

To your eyes I fell prey, your laugh became the reason for my new day.

Alongside Hector, I fight for your fondness, the sweetest nectar.

No, no, I know what you wish to say...I will not be one Menelaus or Ajax will slay.

Now, my dear, gods join our already mighty foes...

To extinguish your body's perfection.

Even Venus knows, she can't compare when you pose...

Phthonus has blackened her heart to our affection and now even she...desires our abjection.

Sharp to the eye but soft to the touch,

Your curves, any man would kneel at their sight.

Mortal, hybrid or God as such, it won't matter very much.

Cronos has heard the Achaean's plight... though not even he, your divinity could blight.

I do not know how much time I have left on this earth,

Achilles has slain many a friend and ally... he won't stop until he's bled us dry.

If it is to be so, may we find rebirth, so that to you even in another life, I may prove my worth.

I look upon the great blue sky and I know then that your radiance and name shall never die.

E întuneric și frig
Aș vrea să pot să te strig
Să îmi pui mâna pe spate
Să îmi spui că încă există o șansă, poate.

Dar sunt într-o buclă infinită,
În singurătatea mea nemărginită,
Într-o cameră mâhnită, ruginită
Într-un loc fără de reușită.

De la tine, tot aștept un mesaj
Poate că ar trebuii să îmi fac eu curaj
Dar mi-ai spus că s-a terminat
Că ce a fost între noi doi, s-a incheiat.

Mă tot aștept să văd notificarea
Dar știu că nimic nu îți poate schimba plecarea
Tot mă aștept ca tu să faci primul pas
Pentru că asta e tot ce mi-a rămas

Nu am să mă prefac
Deoarece, eu nu știu ce să fac
Au trecut doi ani, azi ar fii fost ziua noastră
Dar acum, mă uit singur pe fereastră.

Off doamne, 1 decembrie, ce mai zi ai mai ales
Dar știam că în istorie ai un interes
Ca principatele vroiai să ne unim
Și numai noi de fericire să știim.

Dar tu, mare cititor, mare privitor al tuturor poveștilor
Tu, trăitor al tuturor vieților, atotcunoscător al vremurilor.
Tu, această situație cum colorezi?
Tu ce vezi? Tu ce crezi?

As from work I came back home,

And stood in front of my door,

I noticed a small envelope on the floor,

It was about an event, not here in Rome.

It was an invitation to a dance,

A waltz in San Marino, in the three towers.

It said, to arrive between the nights hours, with flowers,

And not to leave your apperance to chance, make sure to bring your best glance.

The envelope had such a powerful smell,

As to read I begin, it made my head spin.

At the same time, it was slowly pulling me in,

It was as if I was under a sort of spell.

Inside, a letter with a small kiss at the end,

It was stamped with a single name,  Dery.

Both in a red so dark-it's origin I couldn't comprehend…

It wasn't the juice of any berry but maybe, a black cherry?

The day of the party grew nearer,

And things started to become clearer.

It must have been some sort of elaborate trick,

This was probably how someone got their kick.

I wanted to look up the party online,

But I couldn't find anything that to the date would align.

Intrigue was taking over me and with myself, I could agree,

That I needed to go and what this was about, to see.

I decided to wear my best, navy blue with the black hue,

I was happy with my decision when I saw who,

Was going to attend and how much they were able to spend.

The richest men and women from their cars would descend.

Some of the wealthiest people of the world gathered,

For an event I didn't even know about, let alone how much it actually mattered.

It seemed like the biggest thing of the year,

But it would appear, that online no one knew what was going on here.

The music was blaring all around the yard,

Although there was no sight of any sort of guard.

We were all asked inside the ball-room,

I was wondering how Dery our night would try to illume.

Suddenly, a thunder sounded like it cracked the sky.

I had a feeling that something dark was nigh.

As if it was so close that I could hear,

Whispering in my ear, to it drawing me near.

I stopped and went away from the crowd,

In the mirror I saw something, to myself I thought,

I looked and looked but around me was naught.

I continued and to myself that by nothing I will be scared I avowed.

The room was massive, it even had a mezzanine floor,

We were all invited to drinks and the party started to roar.

The wine was exquisite, it had clearly been aged for a while,

And as the music changed, our host came down the stairs with a slight smile.

My jaw dropped when I saw who in front of us stopped,

The person who came down the stairs,

Looked like out of a movie she had been cropped.

She declared the party open, requesting us to stop from our affairs and form pairs.

As I was the only alone one,

I really stuck out as the sore thumb,

When by her eyes I was found, I wanted to run,

But she beckoned me and my legs felt numb.

The sound of her stilettos drowned out the ceaseless dance,

As she spun around the crowd, as if she was in a shroud, of mist.

But before I could understand my circumstance,

She took me by the wrist and made us twist.

She was dazzling to all who laid eyes upon her,

Wearing a long red dress but not leaving much for me to guess.

The way her olive skin, brown eyes and freckled cheeks her beauty would confer was leaving my mind in an endless blur,

Barely able to convalesce, with haste I grabbed her hand and waist, trying to impress.

She gave me her first smile of the night,

With a deep look into the eyes,

I didn't stop to think of what that implies,

Because at first sight, everything felt just right.

But suddenly, I had the strangest feeling,

My instinct told me that I had seen her before,

It was as if something from me she was concealing.

She reminded me of someone I used to adore, the way she moved, the things she wore…

She had the gentleness of a red aster,

And as the crescendo was quickly approaching,

She on my chest was intentionally encroaching.

Faster, and please hold your partners closer, said the choirmaster.

Step by step, we entered into the limelight,

The only couple who the speed could withstand,

I grabbed her hand, trying to make the last move truly grand,

She understood, held me tight and let me take her to another height.

As we released each other, everyone stood aside,

The cheers of the crowd were like those of a choir,

Now, it was clear, between us, there was a fire.

There was no emotion left to hide, her smile was just as bright as the moon outside.

I was almost exhausted to death,

But she didn't even seem affected,

And after herself she had quickly collected,

With her next breath she whispered a shibboleth.

I knew the dialect but barely remembered the word.

Her lips slowly mumbled the phrase: Hazırlayın!

She could tell that not only I had heard but it's meaning I had inferred.

Not staying, she slowly went up the steps, her message clearly conveying.

Two servants quickly rushed behind her,

Before one came to tell me,

"Our mistress at the top wishes to see thee.

" Please make your way to the stairs, sir."

It hit me, as I entered the room at the top of the tower,

Everything smelled of orris, more expensive than anything aurous.

And on the bed, a tag attached to a small but gorgeous red flower,

As a chorus, we both read "Scadoxus multiflorus."

" Maybe you know what type it is? What it's called I mean. "

Her voice seemed to come out of no-where,

' I could swear there was no one there'.

" On the name your ideas have to convene, it'll make sense of everything you've seen."

I tried, I wanted to scream, to yell, to shout,

But she grabbed me before my mouth I could move,

" Shush now, you've got nothing more to prove,"

" I am ecstatic you finally figured it out."

I tried to open my mouth but no words would come out,

" I shall allow you to speak but shhhh..not too loud."

" I ask of thee not to offer me any reason your integrity to doubt. "

She snapped her fingers but I said naught aloud, maybe I was just too proud.

" Thou in sooth have nothing to say? Very well, then at least offer me a dance."

I grabbed her hand and waist once more and started slow,

" I don't suppose there's any chance but is this about a romance? "

Her eyes began to glow as we danced to the music below.

" So tell me now, are you a vampire of yore? "

" Thou ought not to name any lady that way, she says as at me she smiles."

" Although yes, from before-Europe Suleiman to conquer swore,"

" Hence I barely escaped the body piles from the Carmonica trials.  "

' So tell me, dear lady what is your name? Dery must surely not be it. '

" Ah, thou hath to notice, thou is only half right."

" Derya is not my birthname, only one my situation to befit. "

" Then, Derya, if to ask I might, what is the flower in our sight? "

" 'Tis here so thou canst avoid the pain…"

' Pain? What are you even talking about? '

" Thou didn't think I brought thee here in vain…"

" Thou are here for a reason, for that there should be no doubt."

" I have examined thou for a very long time, "

" We have met before…a long time back, ten years ago, "

" I wished to help thee grow but life happened and I had to go,"

" Thou were twenty five then, in your prime. "

" You mean…Aysel? Is that really you?"

" You just left me, without any warning…"

" I woke up that day and you were gone by the morning…"

" Why? I still have no clue…that was 5 years of us that you just threw…"

" Thou were too young my motives to comprehended.  "

" Thou were afraid of thine future, of us becoming more,"

'Did you ever try your mistake to amend? I thought my search will never end… '

' How is that fair to me? My heart it tore, it hurt me to my core.'

"I was frightened that eternity with me you wouldn't want to spend… "

"But I hath given this much consideration."

"Thus I am offering you a choice, how to live thy live and its duration,"

"Drink from the tea on that table and your mortal life will end."

"From the sun you will have to hide and the hunters that will constantly be a thorn in your side,"

"Thy life will be one of knowledge and power,"

"But with misery and despair the Earth you'll scour."

"Doth not worry, thou will have a bride who through this life will guide."

"Thou may take thy leave now although we shall never meet again,"

"Our love you'll have to finally forfeit and forget."

'And yet, how long has it been since someone like me you've met?'

"To my disdain, beloved, centuries have passed in vain."

So now, your decision please make

----

Drink the tea

As our bodies unclasp from each others warm embrace,

I didn't want to lose the pace as I bring the tea to my face,

She grabs my neck and whispers in my ear.

"I love you"…I said 'I love you too' with no fear…

----

Leave

As our bodies unclasp from each others warm embrace,

I saw the sadness in her face as I made to leave that place,

With a smile I weaved through the crowd, the dance…

…Knowing it wouldn't be by chance...that my life to something better would advance.

Știu că doare,

Dragostea cea arzătoare,

Știu că încerci

Să nu mai răcești.

Să nu-ți mai răcească inima dupa o conversație amara,

Ca ciocolata aceea din primăvara.

Știu ca-i greu, iar si iar

Dar de data asta, ai evoluat.

Ai văzut cum e sa plângi, sa simți briceagul atingându-ti blând pielea.

Ai văzut cum e sa suferi din dragostea  dulce ca mierea cea sărată.

Dar acum te vindeci,

Rănile ti se închid,

Si parca viața un pic mai bine a devenit.

Eu te iubesc, prietena mea draga,

Si viața nu-i asa amara ca ciocolata de primăvara, sau ca mierea cea sărată,

E dulce ca lichiorul si dulce ca sarea,

Mai e acra ca zaharul si arzătoare ca marea.

E buna când o vezi cu ochii blânzi si amorțiți de-atâta ciocolata dulce.

O sa treacă, o sa vezi, doar trebuie sa aștepți, ca acel gust amuțitor, sa-ti ajungă in suflet ca lacrima iubirii.

Astăzi la a șasea aniversare,

Nunta de zahăr ca o revărsare,

Aduce dulcele, sentiment feeric

Către inimă, imbold lăuntric.

Astăzi la a șasea aniversare,

Nunta de fier ca o balansare,

Redă vieții de cuplu rezistența

Ambalaj ce-ntărește existența.

Drumul ales, soarta s-a împlinit.

Viața să se-ndrepte către infinit,

Într-o pură armonie plină de amor

Și într-un cadru de familie iubitor.

Ani mulți ce se urează cuplului,

Dorințe de augur atribuite rolului,

Toate să se-ndeplinească în dor

Și nicicând să nu apară vreun nor.

La  steaua,de pe cer, cea mai luminoasă
An de an, în ianuarie, ne uităm
Sărutul razei pe Ipotești se lasă
Tremurătoarea sclipire o contemplăm.
EL, doar EL  printr-o  elegie, vers duios
Apleacă crengile  plopilor desfrunziți…
Uluitor! Luceafărul, un  Făt Frumos
Ajunge la voi, când versurile-i citiți.

Am o prietenă bună,
Ştie ea ce este glumă!
Gingaşă ,mărinimoasă-
Este-o floare ea frumoasă!
Mereu zîmbeşte
Viaţa din plin o trăieşte,
Stimată şi apreciată
Este cea mai bună fată.
O respect ,o iubesc
Tot binele din lume îi doresc!

"Lacul codrilor albastru

Nuferi galbeni il incarca;

Tresarind in cercuri albe

El cutremura o barca."

Acest copil oricat incearca,

Stie ca nu va fi niciodata

Ca si cel ce a scris odata,

Acele versuri, dar el tot incearca.