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Mihai Eminescu born Mihail Eminovici; Was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist,
often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet.Family
His father was Gheorghe Eminovici from Călineşti, a Romanian village in Suceava county, Bucovina, which was then part of the
Austrian Empire (while his father came from Banat ). He crossed the border into Moldavia , settling in Ipoteşti , near the town of Botoşani . He married Raluca Iuraşcu,
an heiress of an old aristocratic Moldavian family.
Born January 15, 1850 (1850-01-15) Botoşani, Moldavia Died June 15, 1889(1889-06-15) (aged 39) Bucharest, Romania Occupation poet Genres Romanticism
IpoteştiMemorial House Mihai Eminescu
His poems span a large range of themes, from natureand love to hate and social commentary. His childhood years were evoked in his later poetry with deep nostalgia Eminescu was influenced by the work of Arthur Schopenhauer, and some have suggested that his most notable poem, Luceafărul, includes elements of Vedic cosmogony. Eminescu's poems have been translated in over 60 languages. His life, work and poetry strongly influenced the Romanian culture and his poems are widely studied in Romanian public schools.
His most notable poems are:Doina (the name is a traditional type of Romanian song), 1884Lacul (The Lake), 1876Luceafărul (The Evening Star), 1884Floare albastră (Blue Flower), 1884Dorinţa (Desire), 1884Sara pe deal (Evening on the Hill), 1885O, rămii (Oh, Linger On), 1884Epigonii (Epigones), 1884Scrisori (Letters or "Epistles-Satires")Şi dacă (And if...), 1883Odă (în metru antic) (Ode (in Ancient Meter), 1883Mai am un singur dor (I Have Yet One Desire),1883La Steaua (At Star),1886
To the star
The radiance from that new-born starWill take many thousands of yearsTo travel a path that comes so farTo finally reach our eyes.
Perhaps it died while on its wayThrough infinite blue space,Yet only now does its light strayTo shine upon your face.
Slowly climbing the dark skiesIs the dead star's icon:Invisible when it did exist,Today, we see an illusion.
And so it is when passion's fledLost in the depths of night,The light of our love, now dead,Still haunts us in its flight.
O Remain
"O remain, dear one, I love you, Stay with me in my fair land, For your dreamings and your longings Only I can understand.You, who like a prince reclining Over the pool with heaven starred; You who gaze up from the water With such earnest deep regard.Stay, for where the lapping wavelets Shake the tall and tasseled grass, I will make you hear in secret How the furtive chamois pass.Oh, I see you wrapped in magic, Hear your murmur low and sweet, As you breqk the shallow water With your slender naked feet;See you thus amidst the ripples Which the moon's pale beams engage, And your years seem but an instant, And each instant seems an age."Thus spake the woods in soft entreaty; Arching boughs above me bent, But I whistled high, and laughing Out into the open went.Now though even I roamed that country How could I its charm recall ... Where has boyhood gone, I wonder, With its pool and woods and all?(Translated by Corneliu M. Popescu)
Mihai Eminescu Time flows by...
Time flows by, and has passed like riversSince that hallowed moment we first saw each other,Yet I'll never forget the love we had together,You miracle, with large eyes and cold fingers.
Oh, come back! To bring words only you can inspire,Watch over me so your gaze gently lingers,Let me marvel at this moment that hungersFor those new words you wring from my lyre.
You're not even aware that when you're nearA great peace descends to quell my agony,Just like the silence at the rising of a star;
If I could only see you like a child, smiling up at me,All the suffering of my life would disappear,My eyes rekindle, my soul grow within me.
Each year on 15 January we remember our national poet,Mihai Eminescu. Organize literary activities, recite poems, drawings. Eminescu remain for forever our national pride.
