 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1915, Zarifopol nemhuri yake vakadzokera kuRomania. Panguva iyoyo, Hondo yeNyika I yakanga yatanga, neRomania yakagara mukusava nekwaakarerekera kusvikira muna 1916. Nokuda kwechikamu chikuru chenguva iyoyo, Zarifopol akanga ari munyori wezvinyorwa zveTudor Arghezis Cronica, asi haana kubvumirana nemafungiro epakutanga emagazini, kana kuti Germanophilia yaro inopesana nehondo. Mukati memishandirapamwe ya19161917, Zarifopol nemhuri yake vakaramba vari muIasi; kumaodzanyemba kweRomania kwese kwakawira mumaoko evaGerman. Kwechinguva, achibvuma kupihwa kwaIbrăileanu, akadzokera kualma mater yake semupurofesa anotsiva, achitsiva C. Fedeleș anofungidzirwa kuti akarasika mukuita. Pakudzoka kusingatarisirwi kwaFedeleș, Zarifopol akadzingwa basa. Pakupera kwa1916, mhuri iyi yakaenda kunopotera kuRussia, ikagara kwechinguva muMoscow, asi vakadzingwa neOctober Revolution. 