The work of this romantic poet of the 19th century, Romanian of Moldavian descent, has been translated into more than sixty languages and is an international cultural reference.

The homeland of life is the present,
We are only in the instant of now,
We are in the truth. - And the past
With the future are only thoughts
In vain do you push what lies before you,
In vain do you desire the things to come.
Turn within and you will know
That all in the world, all is in the present.