Felix Rian Constantinescu was born in Romania in 1982. He made his debut in 2002 as a writer of short pieces for theatre, and his published works include  Imersiune posibila – Possible Immersion (2004), Canon in d si alb – trei povestiri (2011), O mama de lumina (2015), Momentul in care D-zeu exista (2015) and Yin (2016).

 

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Jos în grădină

E zăpadă mucedă.

Soare – bec aprins.

 

Down in the garden

There is moulded snow.

Sun – fiery bulb.

 

 

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Prin haturi albe

Felinare aruncă

Nuanţe nocturne.

 

Through white baulks

Street lamps throw

Nightshades.

 

 

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Pătrar de Lună

Peste tren înzăpezit.

Afânat deşert.

 

Moonquarter

Over snowed up train.

Beaked up desert.

 

 

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Pe scaunul pătat

Becul plouă alb-gălbui.

Iarnă sub astre.

 

On the stained chair

The bulb rains yellow-white.

Winter under stars.

 

 

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Porţelan negru

Unde, ceaiul fumegă

La miezul nopţii.

 

Black porcelain

Waves, the tea smokes

At midnight.

 

 

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Aici în Haţeg

Blocurile sunt dune

În neagra beznă.

 

Here in Haţeg

The blocks of flats are dunes

In the black darkness.

 

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Falduri lichide

Recif sticlos palpitând.

Solare lumini.

 

Liquid kerchiefs

Glassy reef throbbing.

Solar lights.