Elena Carp, BA

Starda Nicoresti Nr 45

Tecuci,

Jud Galati COD 6300

Romania

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R. I. P

972: BA, (English), Foreign Language Faculty, University of Bucharest

1972: Teacher: Tecuci High School

1988: Translator: Thomas Hardy, "The To be Forgotten"; "The Ballad Singer" from "At Casterbridge Fair."

 

Major Works:

(In Romanian): A Comparison Between Mark Twain and Ion Creangă

(In Romanian): Harold Pinter

Translated into Romanian by Elena Carp © 1997

Thomas Hardy's poem " The Ballad Singer" from "At Casterbridge Fair:"

La tingul de la Casterbridge

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Cântecul Trubadurului

Cintă trubadurule, cinta această melodie sinceră

Fă-mă să uit că existat vreodată cineva

Cu care mă plimban in lumina palidă a lunii

Cind ziua de lucru se sfirsea.

Cintătorule de rimă inaltă o baladă;

Fă-mă s-o uit pe cea pe care am iubit-o

Căreia i-am jurat dragoste eternă

Ce nu poate fi măsurată.

Cintă trubadurule din cărticica ta;

Fă-mă să uit acele dureri, ale inimii dureri

Fă-mă să uit numele ei, dulcea ei privire

Fă-mă să uit lacrimile ei.

(©Elena Carp, 1997)

At Casterbridge Fair

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The Ballad-Singer

Sing, Ballad-singer, raise a hearty tune;

Make me forget that there was ever a one

I walked with in the meek light of the moon

When the day's work was done.

Rhyme, Ballad-rhymer, start a country song;

Make me forget that she whom I loved well

Swore she would love me dearly, love me long,

Then -- what I cannot tell!

Sing, Ballad-singer, from your little book;

Make me forget those heart-breaks, achings, fears;

Make me forget her name, her sweet sweet look --

Make me forget her tears

(Printed in CP, 194)