<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=589720" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The rocks shout Amen [Stâncile strigă Amin]</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lean and tormented, old, bent to the ground,<br>Like pilgrims scoured Beda all around.<br>And passed through many countries, many lands,<br>To spread religion and the God's commands. <br>But being blind, he couldn't make his way,<br>That's why a child would lead him every day.<br>And once he guided him along a brook<br>Where there were many rocks with stately look. <br>The old man paused to breathe and take a rest,<br>The toddler turned to him and spoke in jest:<br>"O, father, it is wrong to linger here<br>When crowds are waiting for you to appear <br>And give the sermon". So, the poor old man<br>Got up, took out his text and soon began<br>To read it and explain it with such grace,<br>That tears of joy did flood his wrinkled face. <br>The laughter of the child shook all his bones<br>Seeing the saint was preaching to the stones<br>And all his words got lost into thin air;<br>The old man stopped and with the greatest care<br>He crossed himself and suddenly above<br>A whisper rose from forests, full of love,<br>And thousands voices in that vale said then:<br>"So be it, father, all the time, Amen!"<br>The child got frightened, fell upon the ground<br>Revealed to the old saint his sin profound,<br>Shed tears, repented, cursed his silly choice,<br>And Beda heard and said with humble voice:<br>"You didn't read the Scripture, child unique,<br>When humankind keeps silent, rocks can speak<br>Take note of this and don't forget, be smart:<br>Into a stone may change the human heart <br>As in their turn the hearts may all become<br>Like stones and rocks when they are getting numb".</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Co%C5%9Fbuc">George Coşbuc</a>, translated by Octavian Cocoş<div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=589720" data-title="The rocks shout Amen [Stâncile strigă Amin] de George Coşbuc" data-description="Lean and tormented, old, bent to the ground,/Like pilgrims scoured Beda all around./And passed through many countries, many lands,/To spread religion and the God's commands. /But being blind, he couldn't make his way,/That's why a child would lead..."></div> </div> </div>

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