Regina ostrogoților the queen|of the Ostrogoths The queen of the Ostrogoths

Jalnic vâjie prin noapte glasul codrilor de brad, sadly|wails|through|night|the voice|of the forests|of|fir The voice of the fir forests wails miserably through the night,

Ploaia cade-n repezi picuri, repezi fulgerele cad. the rain|||rapid|drops|rapid|the lightning|fall The rain falls in rapid drops, rapid lightning strikes.

În castelul de pe stâncă, la fereastra solitară, in|the castle|on|on|rock|at|the window|solitary In the castle on the cliff, at the solitary window,

Stă pe gânduri o femeie și privește-n noapte-afară. she stays|on|thoughts|a|woman|and|she looks||night| A woman sits in thought and looks out into the night.

Al ei suflet e furtună, noapte e gândirea ei— her|she|soul|is|storm|night|is|thinking|her Her soul is a storm, her thoughts are night—

Astăzi ea e pusă-n rândul celor mai de jos femei! today|she|is|put|in|line|of those|most|of|low|women Today she is placed among the lowest of women!

E regina ostrogotă! she is|queen|Ostrogoth She is the Ostrogoth queen! Dar în turn aici e roabă; but|in|tower|here|is|slave But in the tower here she is a servant;

Lacrimile-n ochii palizi îi sunt singura podoabă. the tears||the eyes|pale|to her|are|the only|adornment The tears in her pale eyes are her only adornment.

În tăcerea din odaie-i intră cruntul Teodat, in|the silence|from|room|to her|enters|the cruel|Teodat In the silence of the room, the cruel Teodat enters,

Ea se-ntoarce tristă, blândă: —"Tu-mi ești rege și bărbat. she|||sad|gentle|||are|king|and|husband She turns back, sad and gentle: —"You are my king and my man.

M-ai privit întotdeauna ca pe-o piedică din cale, ||looked|always|as|||obstacle|from|path You have always looked at me as an obstacle in your way,

Pentru ce-mi ascunzi de-a pururi taina gândurilor tale? for|||you hide|||always|secret|of thoughts|your Why do you always hide the secret of your thoughts from me?

M-ai închis aici în lanțuri; am răbdat în chip păgân, ||locked|here|in|chains|I have|endured|in|manner|pagan You have locked me here in chains; I have endured in a pagan way,

Și mi-am zis: El are dreptul! and|||said|He|has|right And I told myself: He has the right! Mi-e bărbat și mi-e stăpân. ||husband|and|||master He is my man and he is my master.

Mi-ai ucis pe-ntâiul sfetnic și râdeai că lumea plânge ||killed|||advisor|and|you were laughing|that|the world|is crying You killed my first counselor and laughed while the world cried

Când de barba lui căruntă spada ți-o ștergeai de sânge. when|of|beard|his|gray|sword|||you were wiping|of|blood When you wiped your sword of blood on his gray beard.

Și-am tăcut, zicîndu-mi iarăși: El a fost supusul tău, and|I have|been silent|||again|he|has|been|subject|your And I remained silent, telling myself again: He was your subject,

De-a făcut vrun rău, tu, rege, trebuie să curmi ce-i rău. ||having done|any|harm|you|king|must|to|stop|||bad If any harm has been done, you, king, must put an end to what is wrong.

Mi-ai luat apoi copilul să-l ucizi! ||taken|then|child|||kill You then took my child to kill him! și-am zis: e bine! ||said|it is|good And I said: it is good!

Tu-i ești tată și ai dreptul peste fiul meu ca mine. ||you are|father|and|you have|right|over|son|my|as|I am You are his father and have the right over my son just like I do.

Dar el nu era al nostru, el era al țării-ntregi, but|he|not|was|of|our|he|was|of|| But he was not ours, he belonged to the whole country,

N-ai ucis în el un rege, ai ucis un șir de regi. |you have|killed|||a|||||line|of|kings You did not kill a king in him, you killed a line of kings.

Vii, acum trimis de alții, vii să scapi și de regina, you come|now|sent|by|others|you come|to|escape|and|from|queen You come, now sent by others, you come to escape even from the queen,

Teodat, îți temi domnia! therefore|you|fear|your reign Teodat, you fear your reign! O s-o pierzi, a cui e vina? it|||you lose|whose|whose|is|blame If you lose her, whose fault is it?

Am putut să fac revoltă, ori pe-ascuns să te omor, I have|been able|to|I make|revolt|or|||to|you|I kill I could have revolted, or secretly killed you,

N-am făcut-o, că mi-e milă! ||||that|||pity I didn't do it, because I pity! Nu de tine, de popor! not|about|you|about|people Not for you, for the people!

Tu erai un om de luptă, fără rang și fără nume, you|you were|a|man|of|fight|without|rank|and|without|name You were a warrior, without rank and without name,

Eu ți-am dat coroana țării, să te fac stăpân pe-o lume. I|||given|the crown|of the country|to|you|I make|master|||world I gave you the crown of the country, to make you the master of a world.

Și-acum asta-i răsplătirea ce mi-o dai?... ||||the reward|that|||you give And now this is the reward you give me?... E tot atât! it is|all|as much It's just as much!

Dacă moartea mea ți-ajută, vino, strânge-mă de gât. if|death|my|||come|||by|neck If my death helps you, come, grab me by the neck.

Pe femeia pusă-n lanțuri n-o ucizi, că-i mișelie! the|woman|put|not|||her|you kill|||cowardice You don't kill a woman in chains, that's cowardice!

Pe regina ai tot dreptul s-o ucizi, că-ți e soție!" the|queen|you have|all|right|||you kill|||is|wife You have every right to kill the queen, for she is your wife!

Nobilă, cu ochi de flăcări, ea privește-n față-i drept, noble|with|eyes|of|flames|she|looks||face||straight Noble, with fiery eyes, she looks straight ahead,

Și, zicând, desface haina de pe tânărul ei piept. and|saying|he/she/it unfastens|the coat|from|on|the young|her|chest And, saying this, she opens the garment from her young chest.

Iar mișelul stă, se uită, dă apoi, și grabnic unda but|the scoundrel|he stands|himself|he looks|he gives|then|and|quickly|the wave And the scoundrel stands, looks, then quickly the wave

Sângelui țâșni din rană; și-a căzut Amalasunda. of the blood|it gushed|from|wound|||fallen|Amalasunda of blood gushed from the wound; and Amalasunda fell.

Și plecat peste cadavru, el cu ochi de idiot and|leaning|over|corpse|he|with|eyes|of|idiot And leaning over the corpse, he with idiot eyes

A-nvârtit pumnalu-n carne să se scurgă viul tot. he|twisted|||flesh|to|himself|drain|the living|all He twisted the dagger in the flesh to let the life drain out.

A deschis apoi fereastra, și pe colțuroasa stâncă he|opened|then|the window|and|on|jagged|rock Then he opened the window, and on the jagged rock

Hohotind a-mpins cadavrul în prăpastia adâncă. laughing|||the corpse|into|the abyss|deep Laughing, he pushed the corpse into the deep abyss.

Surd vuia prin codri vântul, brazii se-ndoiau de vânt, deaf|it roared|through|the forests|the wind|the fir trees|||from|wind The wind roared through the woods, the firs bent in the wind,

Urletul suna sinistru ca un urlet de mormânt. the howl|sounded|sinister|like|a|howl|of|grave The howl sounded sinister like a grave's howl.

Parcă negrele blesteme și le-amestecau haotic it seems that|the black|curses|and|||chaotic It seemed as if the dark curses were being mixed chaotically.

Mii de glasuri, țara toată, tot poporul ostrogotic. thousands|of|voices|the country|all|all|the people|Ostrogothic Thousands of voices, the whole land, all the Ostrogoth people.

Teodat, tu râzi! Teodat|you|you laugh Teodat, you laugh! Dar moarta cea lipsită de sicriu but|the death|the one|lacking|of|coffin But the death that is without a coffin

Își va răscula poporul, să te sfâșie de viu! his|will|rise up|the people|to|you|tear|of|alive Will raise its people to tear you apart while alive!