After so much time [După ce atâta vreme]

After so much time, o, baby,
When we've not discussed at all,
I think we've forgotten maybe
That our love can never fall.

But I see you now before me
How you sit, pale and sincere –
In a humble voice I ask thee,
Let me kneel like always, dear!

How I pity you, I'm shattered,
Let me kiss your hands and cheeks...
Little hands where have you wandered
All these long and dreary weeks?

poem by Mihai Eminescu, translated by Octavian Cocoş
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