ADRIAN PĂUNESCU

Paunescu, Adrian - Romanian poet of the Ceausescu Era

Paunescu, Adrian - Romanian poet of the Ceausescu Era by londonconstant.
It is most unfortunate that Mr Paunescu's verse has hardly been translated into English: this is our loss as he might have received the Nobel Prize for Literature which so far has sadly eluded Romania!
Paunescu has unjustly been portrayed as "Ceausescu's Court Poet" - to dispel such erroneous impression we give our visitors the chance to make up their own mind on this controversial debate, as the jury is still out:
Still, we feel particularly privileged to be able to compensate for this loss and offer our Anglo-Saxon readership three of the latest ditties written by Mr. Paunescu.
We would also like to take this opportunity in expressing our grateful thanks to Senator Adrian Paunescu for sending us his latest, if somewhat nostalgic, contribution in memory of our Dearly Departed Leader - President Nicoale Ceausescu (1918-1989).
At the same time we would also wish to reassure Mr. Paunescu of our humblest and best efforts in conveying into English, as accurately as we could, the Poet’s inimitable style.
Thank you Your Excellency!


“Nicolae Ceausescu – In Memoriam”
by Adrian Paunescu
(translated from Romanian by Londonconstant)

Like all the moral dwarfs, I praised in vain
The ever greatest Clown - The Leader, born-again.
And bending half-way down, I kissed his ass…
May long you live, Beloved Nicholas!

Romanian version I:

Ca toti Boierii Mintii intr-un cor
Te-am laudat, Iubit Conducator
Si-ncovaindu-ma adanc din sale
Te-am lins profund, Marite Nicolae.

Romanian version II:

Ca toti Boierii Mintii intr-un cor
Te-am laudat, Iubit Conducator
Si-atunci, cu limba mea incovoiata,
Te-am lins profound, asa ca nici o data.

Romanian version III:

Ca toti Boierii Mintii intr-un cor
Te-am lins profund, Iubit Conducator
Necontenind, in versuri cuvioase,
Sa trag in cinstea ta, la aghioase.

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