EPHPHATHA

 

The Romanians count themselves among

the shipwreck victims full of bitterness

and ugliness, indolent they know all the drives

and disasters, the invasions, the debauchery,

they watch Thy chastity, Lord with madness

they all became deaf and dumb and demand

that they be clubbed in the toughest way.  

Thee Jesus Christ, they are waiting for Thee

at a wedding as a father-in-law. When they say

God they giggle, they need no devotion,

nor divine love, they are possessed by the demons.

Come, Jesus Christ again as then when you came

through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and passing

through Decapolis they brought you a deaf man

who was wheezing hard just as the Romanians

do today and Thou took him aside from the multitude

put Thy fingers in his ears, opened his mouth wide

with Thy finger Thou touched his tongue with Thy

holy spittle, then Thou looked up to heaven, Thou

sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be

opened.” Immediately his ears were opened,

and the impediment of his tongue was loosed

and he spoke plainly. (Mark 7) Come, Lord Jesus

Christ to Karavlakhia of the deaf and dumb people,

of the much wheezing people and stick Thy fingers

into their ears and make their mouth agape and spit

upon the tongue of all this mass of cannibals and

make them hear and speak clearly, these mistreated

wicked servants, bring them a drop of faith, raise them

to the stage of man, they are too scattered, too weak

and vendors and traitors. Bring them reconciliation,

prayer, look how much they are morphing into old

maids with bad delusions, they are still lacking

audacity, still loving the fatum, still loving the death

they move back like the devil. Come Lord Jesus Christ

stick Thy finger into their mouth so that they become

like the old saints, the clean, strong saints craftsmen

that are necessary. Ah, earth, burn them!