Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan tsawon shekaru hudu a matsayin malami na Orthodox a Cernica Monastery, ya yi balaguro zuwa ƙasashen waje a 1905. Ya ziyarci Paris sannan ya koma Fribourg, inda ya rubuta shayari kuma ya halarci kwasa-kwasan a Jami'ar ta gida; bai gamsu da Roman Katolika ba wanda ya karfafa shi, sai ya koma Geneva, inda ya yi aiki a wani bitar kayan ado. A Lokacin Tawayen Manoman Romania
na 1907, mawallafin, wanda aka sani da jawabinsa na hagu da kuma sukar murya game da tashin hankali na yunkurin manoma, ya kasance a karkashin kulawar hukumomin Switzerland; wata jarida ta gida ta yi iƙirarin cewa an yi magudi da wasikun Arghezi, wanda ya haifar da abin kunya wanda ya haifar da murabus na jami'ai da yawa. Labarin da ya tattara na tawayen da kansa ya bar tasiri mai ɗorewa a kan Arghezi: daga baya, zai sadaukar da duka girma ga abubuwan da suka faru (sa "1907-Peizaje", "Landscapes of 1907", wanda ya bayyana a matsayin "ma'amala da [...] bambanci tsakanin al'umma da zalunci, mai zaman kansa, aji").