<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=589728" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Rapid train [Acceleratul]</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Over beeches rising high <br>The cold twilight gently falls. <br>The dumb evening passes by<br>And through forest quickly crawls. <br>At the sunset, in the dark,<br>One can see a ruby spark<br>Among branches thick and dull...<br>From the foliage thick retreats<br>Still are heard in this deep lull<br>Little birds that sing in tweets...<br>Cold and pale in the clear sky<br>Many stars now catch the eye. <br>***<br>Suddenly comes from the hills<br>Rumor deep, without delay,<br>Flat and very far away,<br>Like the whisper of a spring <br>Heading for the water mills...<br>On the floodplain starts to swing<br>Fills the other vales with thrills<br>And with clamor...<br>Here it is!...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A black lightning, sleek and long,<br>Carried by the wings of storm<br>Shakes the ground quiet and warm<br>Running quickly all along...<br>Or rather it flies or swims<br>And at once will disappear – <br>Eats the road and spits flames bright<br>And in clouds as black as night<br>Cuts the forest without fear... </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is gone...<br>And on the plain<br>Forging noise will stop again<br>Slowly, until no one hears...<br>In the distance...<br>Disappears...<br>***<br>One by one, come out with ease<br>Of the bushes, of the trees,<br>Many birdies half asleep,<br>Looking not at all prepared,<br>Just to peep,<br>For they are scared: <br>– Hey! What happened around here?...<br>Chirp in chorus, loud and clear,<br>Wrens and finches from the rear. <br>And a tit, up a dwarf beech,<br>With its feathers ruffled much <br>Answers with an eerie screech<br>And upset tries to explain:<br>– Well, it's nothing weird as such,<br>Has just passed the rapid train...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Top%C3%AErceanu">George Topîrceanu</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=589728" data-title="Rapid train [Acceleratul] de George Topîrceanu" data-description="Over beeches rising high /The cold twilight gently falls. /The dumb evening passes by/And through forest quickly crawls. /At the sunset, in the dark,/One can see a ruby spark/Among branches thick and dull.../From the foliage thick retreats/Still a..."></div> </div> </div>

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