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Luceafarul — The Evening Star
Poem by Mihai Eminescu-1883
I want to share with you the translation of one of the longest love poems ever written, a poem I grew up with and have read hundreds of times. It brings new images and thoughts every time, and it has a special place in my heart.
It took almost ten years for Mihai Eminescu to conceive the poem Luceafarul, which was first published in 1883 in Vienna. Luceafarul is considered to be Eminescu’s masterpiece and one of the greatest achievements in Romanian literature.
Luceafar in Romanian is the name of the morning star (the planet Venus), which in Romanian folklore is associated with demons but is also linked to the Greek Titan Hyperion.
The 98-stanza poem Luceafarul tells the story of an unattainable romance between the immortal Evening Star and an exquisite mortal princess. The young princess, deeply in love, prays every night for her beloved to join her in the human world, and even though he is ready to give up his immortality…
