by Nichita Stănescu
Without me it cannot be, proof that I am.
Without me it couldn't have been;
proof that I come from myself
that is, the self that was.
I am the one without whom it cannot be.
I am the one without whom it couldn't have been.
I am the one who witnessed
The existence of God.
I am the one who witnessed
the non-existence of God, for
I made God visible.
I am made by God, for
I made God.
I am neither good nor bad
I just am.
I am the utterance "I am"
I am the ear that hears "I am"
I am the spirit that understands "I am".
I am the absurd body of "I am"
and its letters.
I am the place where "I am" exists
and its bed, where it sleeps.
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Romanian original: Cine sunt eu? Care-i locul meu în cosmos?
