Translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin & Irma Giannetti
The Fire Tower
After the candles too forsake us
like a lantern built step by step
the earth will suddenly glow
unhoped-for diamond
souls will wander without shadows
they will seek one another without their
knees shaking.
Icons banished
the shape of memory burned away
a star will kindle brightly
darkness held at an impasse.
Osiris 72
Osiris Poetry 