Echoless Romanza

To Theodor Solacolu

O love, sweet tiny bibelot,
Lovely thing, so ephemeral and unfair,
I find you on the very same étagère
Where I abandoned you a year ago…
Thank you !…
Yet how ?… What fortunate event, which Ronsard ?…
What charitable soul has been your safeguard
During my absence,
During her absence,
During our absence ?…
Whatever white daemon,
Whatever blue bird effulgence
Has watched you for so long

And has tended you, beloved stash,
To shun smash and shard

And flee dust’s eyelash ?…

O love, sweet tiny bibelot,
Precious thing of immaculate enamel art,
Keep staying as you are, fair and square…
Don’t ever go away, God forbear…

And if you care for us, if you really care –
Oh !… if you really want your love to show –
Please, wait for us, endure one more year’s froe…
A year at least…
No more request…
A year’s long go…

O love, sweet tiny bibelot !…

English version by Gabriela PACHIA