From The Happiness Diary (by Nicolae Steinhardt), transl. Gabriela Ailenei
1968: Outside a bakery, an old beggar, small, discreet. I give him 3 or 4 lei.
He takes off his hat, respectfully, and thanks me for a long while. Why, I don’t know – the memory of my father, the physical resemblance (small and stooping) – his gesture – so polite, the shame of being saluted by an old man for a few lei, the onslaught of images of prison in my memory, revelatory of the human condition’s wretchedness – but I burst out crying in the middle of the street, like a madman.
Reclame
Costin Radu
28 decembrie 2012 at 22:15
Pentru rugaciunile Sfintilor Parintilor nostri, Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, miluieste-ne pe noi!
ioan
7 martie 2015 at 21:30
pentru rugaciunile….,scl.
Georgiana
9 aprilie 2015 at 16:15
Buna Gabriela,
As vrea sa cumpar cartea in limba engleza ca sa o citeasca si sotul meu dar nu am gasit-o pe nicaieri. Multumesc pentru paragrafele traduse. As dori sa stiu daca ai reusit sa traduci toata cartea sau doar anumite paragrafe?
Mersi anticipat.