Romanian poem: Negru by George Bacovia

This is a poem that all students grow to hate: strong modernist influence.

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Carbonizate flori, noian de negru...

Sicrie negre, arse, de metal,

Veștminte funerare de mangal,

Negru profund, noian de negru...

Vibrau scântei de vis... noian de negru,

Carbonizat, amorul fumega —

Parfum de pene arse, și ploua...

Negru, numai noian de negru...

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Carbonised flowers, flood of blackness...

Black coffins, burned, metallic

Funeral garments of charcoal,

Deep black, flood of blackness...

Sparks of dreams vibrated... Flood of blackness,

Carbonised, the love was smoldering —

Perfume of burned feathers, and rain...

Black, only a flood of blackness...