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SHAKESPEARE

Marin Sorescu

tr. Michael Hamburger

Shakespeare a creat lumea în apte zile.

În prima zi a fcut cerul, munii i prpstiile

sufleteti.
În ziua a doua a fcut rîurile, mrile, oceanele

i celelaite sentimente -
i le-a dat lui Hamlet, lui Iulius Caesar, lui

Antoniu, Cleopatrei i Ofeliei,
Lui Othello i altora,
S le stapineasc, ei i urmaii lor,
În vecii vecilor.

Shakespeare created the world in seven days.

On the first day he made the sky and the mountains

and the ravines of the soul.
On the second day he made the rivers, the seas, the

oceans as well as
the other feelings and
gave them to Hamlet, to Julius Caesar, to Cleopatra,

Ophelia,
Othello and others, to
reign over them with their children and later descendants
for ever and ever.

În ziua a treia a strîns toi oamenii

i i-a invat gusturile:
Gustul fericirii, al iubirii, al dezndejdii,
Gustul geloziei, al gloriei i aa mai departe,
Pin s-au terminat toate gusturile.

Atunci au sosit i nite indivizi care întîrziaser.
Creatorul i-a mingîiat pe cap cu comptimire,
i le-a spus c nu le rmîne decît s se fac
Critici literari
i s-i conteste opera.

On the third day he summoned the whole of

humanity
to teach them the diverse tastes:
the taste of happiness, that of love, the taste
of despair, of jealousy, fame etc.,
till there were none left to distribute. But then
a few people came who were late.
Sorry for them, the creator patted their heads and

informed them
there was nothing left for them save
to become literary critics and
debunk his work.

Ziua a patra i a cincea le-a rezervat risului.
A dat drumul clovnilor
S fac tumbe,
i i-a lsat pe regi, pe împrati
i pe ali nefericii s se distreze.
În ziua a asea a rezolvat unele probleme

administrative:
A pus la cale o furtun,
i l-a invat pe regele Lear,
Cum trebuie s poarte coroan de paie.

The fourth and fifth days he reserved for laughter,
gave the clowns a free hand, allowed them
to turn somersaults and so provided amusement for
kings and emperors and other unfortunate persons.

On the sixth day he dealt with administrative

problems:
he set up a storm
and taught King Lear
how to wear a crown of straw.

Mai rmseser cîteva deeuri de la facerea

lumii
i l-a creat pe Richard al III-lea.
În ziua a aptea s-a uitat dac mai are ceva de

fcut.
Directorii de teatru i umpluser pmîntul cu

afie,
i Shakespeare s-a gîndit c dup atîta trud
Ar merita s vad i el un spectacol.
Dar mai întîi, fiindc era peste msur de istovit,
S-a dus s moar puin.

There was some waste matter, too, from creation, and

out of this
he made Richard III.
On the seventh day he made sure that nothing was

left undone.
Already theatre managers had plastered
the whole world with their playbills, and
Shakespeare thought that after so much hard work
he deserved to see a performance;
but meanwhile, because he felt so excessively drowsy,
he lay down to take
forty winks of death.

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