still got the blues

(S)He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song,
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

In context, sunt versuri de jale si dor. Insa eu le-am cunoscut, separat, ca un singur catren. Pana acum ceva vreme, erau versuri de dragoste sfarsita, iubire neimplinita, pierduta, parasita, nefericita etc. De curand, le citesc altfel - cu acea persoana in gand, care imi este reper si etalon, si punctele cardinale care definesc universul uman si profesional si ideea de echipa, care poarta intelepciune si raspusuri la orice intrebare - oricand, care ma entuziasmeaza si tempereaza cand am nevoie, care este sunetul ratiunii si melodia sufletului atunci cand sunt surda la vibratiile lor, al carei zambet aduce zambet, care m-a mai apropiat umpic de perfectiune, cu perfectiunea sa, pe care, desi deja pasim amandoua pe cai diferite, nu am de gand sa o pierd.

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Intreaga poezie - mai jos, pentru ca are cateva imagini si constructii de citit - de majoritatea ignorate in favoarea versurilor anterior-mentionate.

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone.
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead,
Put crépe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song,
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong

The stars are not wanted now, put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

(Funeral Blues - W. H. Auden)