Whoever the priest is, he is called Father. - Alexander Pushkin

Asa, ca norii de pe cer,
Gandurile ne preschimba chipul suav
Pe care, astazi, iubindu-l,
Poti maine sa-l urasti.

Ныне то и другое кажется мне в порядке вещей. В самом деле, что было бы с нами, если бы вместо общеудобного правила: чин чина почитай, ввелось в употребление другое, например: ум ума почитай? Какие возникли бы споры! и слуги с кого бы начинали кушанье подавать? Но обращаюсь к моей повести.

Tormented by spiritual thirst,
I dragged myself through a somber desert.
And a six-winged seraph
Appeared to meet me at the crossing of the ways.
He touched my eyes
With fingers as light as a dream:
And my prophetic eyes opened
Like those of a frightened eagle.
He touched my ears
And they were filled with noise and ringing:
And I heard the shuddering of the heavens,
And the flight of the angels in the heights,
And the movement of the beasts of the sea under the waters,
And the sound of the vine growing in the valley.
He bent down to my mouth
And tore out my tongue,
Sinful, decitful, and given to idle talk; with the right hand steeped in blood
He inserted the tongue of a wise serpent,
Into my benumbed mouth.
He clove my breast with a sword,
And plucked out my quivering heart,
And thrust a coal of live fire
Into my gaping breast.
Like a corpse I lay in the desert.
And the voice of God called out to me:
'Arise, O prophet, see and hear,
Be filled with my will,
Go forth over land and sea,
And set the hearts of men on fire with your Word.'