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Second Elegy: The Getica
09:08 Sep 26 2012
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This poem is about the ancestors of my people.

Our ancestors (similar with french gauls) are the Gets (=pron. like "jets") aka Daci (=pron similar with "dutch").

Nichita Stãnescu

Second Elegy: The Getica

for Vasile Parvan

A god was put in every tree stump.

If a stone split, a god

was quickly brought and put there.

It was enough that a bridge fell down,

a god was quickly put in its place,

or that a hole appeared in the highway,

a god was inserted there.

Oh, do not cut your hand or leg

by mistake - or by design.

They will promptly place a god in the wound,

as in every place, as everywhere,

they will place a god there

for us to worship, because he protects

whatever disunites itself.

Take care, warrior, do not lose

an eye,

for they will bring a god

and set him in your socket,

and he will stay there, petrified, and we

will move our souls to praise him...

And you yourself will stir your soul

in praising him, as you would strangers.

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