When You Are Not Here by Sepehri I open the window as wide as the entire world The road is empty Trees are overburdened with night Branches are not swaying Water is tired of flowing You are not here And nothing moves You are not here And heart beats in vain You are not here […]
Advice! by Sa’adi /sædi/. Hit your enemy’s head with your enemy’s hands to reach either goal: Either his head or your hands! If the head breaks your dreams will come true And, if the hands break you have kept your hands safe! Pitcher or water? (Parts of an interview with Ahmad Shamlu- some 40 years […]
Believe in the spring! بهار را باور کن – فریدون مشیری by F. Moshiri Open the windows For, the kind breeze is celebrating the birthday of the beautiful flowers And spring, On each and every branches Close to each young leaf, Has turned on lovely candles! All swallows have come back Singing the lovely song […]
Will I? by Forough F. Will I climb the ladder of my curiosity once more, To say hello to the good God who is pacing on the roof of my house? I feel I have run out of time I feel it’s the moment To join one of those papers of history I feel Tables […]
I don’t know by Sohrab Sepehri (The scenario in this translation is considerably far from the original work. Poetry cannot and should not be translated!!) I don’t know why People say horses are gentle, And doves are beautiful, And no one has vultures at home instead? I don’t know why The bud of a clover […]
Dream! (The one who is not like others) by Forough F. (Parts of a long poem) I have dreamed that someone will come I have dreamed of a red star May I go blind If I tell you a lie! I have dreamed of that red star When I was not asleep Someone will come […]
In His Boat by Nima In his boat The boatman Thoughtful Shouts at the sea: “I wish there were a way To the shore Out of these unkind waves” Terribly storm-stricken He is on the sea Restless he is In his boat Filled with adventures The night is terribly frightening On the seashore now Thoughtful […]
Look! by Ahmad Shamlu The bad year The windy year The year of tears The year of doubts The year of long days The year of short Perseverances A year when pride begged Life is not a trap Love is not a trap Even death is not a trap For, the lost friends are free […]
Do you like? by S. Salehi Do you like to go with me To the curve of this street? Pass over the shadows of the silence? And for just a moment, for just a while, Experience the outcomes of the sun? It is said that over there They have seen the outcomes of the sun […]