Friday, August 19, 2011
I Am (Grigore Vieru) Comments
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I am the apple tree that rises
With shiny fruit toward the stars,
While down below a leper scratches
Against its trunk his ugly scars.
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8/3/2025 9:22:53 AM # 1.0.0
I admire and like this poem. I say admire because the subject is grave and momentous - sustained injustice against a race of people is cause for the widest public outcry - but your deft translation capturing the rhyme scheme made me greatly enjoy your poetic craft. This poet and you as his translator are fulfilling the moral purpose of poetry.