ELEGY ON THE SEASHORE

ELEGY ON THE SEASHORE

How often flooded the tidal wave the beach?
Asking me about you.
In its eyes shone the glittering
and that persistent elegance
so peculiar to you.
Immediately I was sure,
that you were siblings.
Tides
regularly happen,
and keep coming back.
But you never return.

CORIN BIANU, Romania
Translation Gabriela Căluțiu Sonnenberg