{"id":8596,"date":"2023-09-30T09:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T09:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=8596"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:32:55","slug":"what-i-truly-wish-you-sweet-romanian-homeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/2023\/09\/what-i-truly-wish-you-sweet-romanian-homeland\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>What I truly wish you, sweet Romanian homeland<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8596\" class=\"elementor elementor-8596\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d66691 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d66691\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-649b726\" data-id=\"649b726\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-311aaf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"311aaf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/13_1-eminescu1-rcuicr80p8559u0cpwic36dvariqaklmm4j92vqnd4.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e216cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e216cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a3ddbf\" data-id=\"8a3ddbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8a8ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d8a8ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>What I truly wish you, sweet Romanian homeland, <br\/>\nMy beloved country, longing of my soul? <br\/>\nNervous arms and weapons always close to your hand<br\/>\nAnd your past of glory guides your lofty goal! <br\/>\nMay the wine in goblets boil and curb the crying<br\/>\nIf your stately children hold this in esteem<br\/>\nFor the rock is standing, but the wave is dying, <br\/>\nSweet Romanian homeland, this is my big dream! <\/p>\n\n<p>Yearning for harsh vengeance, black as grave and growing, <br\/>\nBlood of foes on your sword fuming in the air<br\/>\nAnd above the dragon, like the wind be flowing<br\/>\nVisions of the glory, triumph and bright glare, <br\/>\nYour tricolor banner tells the world entire<br\/>\nThe Romanian people is like a swift stream<br\/>\nWhen a tiny sparkle ignites its pure fire, <br\/>\nSweet Romanian homeland, this is my big dream! <\/p>\n\n<p>The angel who always brings us peace and passion, <br\/>\nOn the Vesta&#8217;s altar resting dressed in white, <br\/>\nWho blinds Mars in glory, with his war obsession, <br\/>\nAnd who gives the whole world from his lamp bright light, <br\/>\nTo your maiden bosom may he come, I&#8217;m praying, <br\/>\nMake you taste the heaven&#8217;s happiness supreme, <br\/>\nTherefore, hug him gently, hear what he is saying, <br\/>\nSweet Romanian homeland, this is my big dream! <\/p>\n\n<p>What I truly wish you, sweet Romanian homeland, <br\/>\nYouthful bride and loving tenderhearted mom? <br\/>\nMay your handsome children live and thrive in your hand<br\/>\nLike the stars of heavens, like the dawns that come, <br\/>\nEverlasting good life, happiness and glory, <br\/>\nUnforgiving weapons, kind Romanian soul, <br\/>\nPride and dreams of courage, a successful story,  <br\/>\nSweet Romanian homeland, share with me this goal! <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Mihai Eminescu<br\/>Composed in 1867, at 17 years old<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I truly wish you, sweet Romanian homeland, My beloved country, longing of my soul? Nervous arms and weapons always close to your hand And your past of glory guides your lofty goal! May the wine in goblets boil and curb the crying If your stately children hold this in esteem For the rock is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-8596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-sept-oct-23","tag-youth-voice","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8596"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8600,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596\/revisions\/8600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}