I TIED ...

by Marin Sorescu

I tied the trees' eyes
With a green handkerchief
And told them to find me.

And the trees found me at once
with a roar of leaves.

I tied the birds' eyes
With a handkerchief of clouds
And told them to find me.

And the birds found me
with a song.

I tied the melancholy's eyes
with a smile.

And melancholy found me the next day
in a love.

I tied sun's eyes
With my nights
And told it to find me.

"You're there", the sun said,
"After that time,
Don't hide yourself anymore."

"Don't hide yourself"
Told me all the things
And all the feelings
Whose eyes I wanted to tie.



(Translated from Romanian by Brigitta Daniela Buda)