Emil Brumaru--Amnesia

Ooof...long hiatus here, as I took a break to finish off my dissertation...now it's in the hands of the adviser, and now I'm barely containing my jitters (major revisions are sure to come, and that's the optimistic scenario). I'm taking a break from .. doing anything, really, and trying to forget, like in this sweet little poem by Brumaru, which teaches us how to forget everything:

Amnezie de Emil Brumary dacă iei o portocală şi-o dezbraci in pielea goală ca să-i vezi miezul adânc peste care îngeri plâng cu căpşune-n loc de ochi şi aripi de foi de plopi se întâmplă să uiţi totul...

Amnesia by Emil Brumary Take an orange, strip it down Of its juicy fleshy gown Look into its core so deep Over which the angels weep Strawberries for eyes and sleeves And its wings of poplar leaves That’s how you forget everything.

Comments

[mj]

1.

What are you getting a PhD in?

[Cristina]

2.

The full title is "PhD in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication." Or, just Rhetoric. No relationship whatsoever with either poetry or translation.

[Andreea]

3.

Congratulations! Sounds good!