How Impatient by Ahmad Shamlu How impatiently I want you! You, whose separation Is the bitter taste of Being buried alive! How impatiently I need you Like a restless one On the back of a restless horse And separation Is a useless experience I feel the smell of your shirt Here Now Mountains are cold […]
If .. – BY: Fereydoun Moshiri If I were the moon I would look for you No matter where you were And if I were a stone I would rest along your way No matter where you would go If you were the moon You would hardly pass Over my house And if you were […]
I’ll Make a Boat by Sohrab Sepehri I’ll make a boat I’ll flow it on the water I’ll go away from this strange soil On which No one wants to awake the heroes in love The boat must be free from fishing net And the heart Will wish for no pearls I’ll keep on boating […]
With Great Littleness! by E. Khoi /khoi:/ “Little water grows little fish”. From the little fish of this little stream No whale will be ever borne! I am aware of my great littleness I do accept this truth But, When the drop of a little sand Can disturb the dream of an aged stable swamp […]
Let’s not muddy the water! (Ab ra gel nakonim) by Sohrab Sepehri. Let’s not muddy the water! Maybe, down the river a dove is drinking water. Or, on a distant land a little bird is washing her wings. Or, maybe in a nearby village a pitcher is getting filled with water. Let’s not muddy the […]
Which dust? by Fereydoun / Fereydoon / Fereidoon Moshiri One of the remarkable characteristics of Fereidoun Moshiri was the fresh atmosphere he would create in his writings. Probably, you’ll not find such epic rhythms here as we see in Shamlu. And maybe, his works are far from the complexity of form and meaning that we […]
This week, Persian poem page presents Forough Farrokhzad I feel sorry for the Garden! by Forough F. /foru:gh/. Forough was one of the most remarkable ladies, and maybe the strongest one, that our literature has ever grown. She went very early just when she still had a lot to say. In this poem, she, symbolically […]
Winter by: M.A. Saless /sa:les/ This week, Persian Literature page presents Saless. As far as I remember, no one has described winter in our literature so strongly as Saless has done. This is one of his greatest works that is going to remain at the top of our modern literature for generations to come (at […]
You, I am waiting for – by Nima This week, Persian literature page presents Nima. Unfortunately, I don’t have much to say about this work. Frankly, it is more than I can explain! I am afraid to say something that will destroy the reputation of this great person. The only thing I can say is […]