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CA SĂ-ŞI MAI RĂCOREASCĂ FOCUL

Ca să-şi mai răcorească focul
Te-a desenat iubita pe-o tăbliţă,
Cu linii tremurate, pentru că mîna-i tremura.
Apoi, spre-a-şi amăgi prietenele care-i văzură ochii plînşi,
Le-ntinse o mlădiţă de mango
Şi-n jos privind,
Dădu să se-nţeleagă
Că ceea ce pictase
Era portretul zeului iubirii.





TO COOL HER FIRE

To cool her fire
Your beloved drew you on a tablet,
With trembled lines, because her hand was shaking.
Then, to deceive her friends who had seen her weeping eyes,
She hold them a branch of mango
And looking down
She let them understand
That what she had painted
It was the portrait of the god of love.