One day we will find our doves again
and kindness will hold beauty's hand.
****
One day when the slightest hymn
is a kiss
and each man
is a brother
to each man
One day when they won't close the doors
locks
are myths
and the heart
suffices for living
One day when the meaning of each sound
is to love
lest on your last word, you seek a sound
One day when the rhythm of each word is life
lest I suffer the scouring of a rhyme for my poem
One day when each lip is a melody
so that
the slightest hymn shall be a kiss
One day when you come back forever come back
and kindness becomes beauty
One day when we will cast seeds for our doves...
***
I will wait that day
even on the day
when I
no longer
am.
Ahmad Shamlu, 1955
1 comment:
Gofti ke cho khorshid zanam suye to par
Chon mah shabi mikesham az panjare sar
Andooh ke khorshid shodi tange ghoroub
Afsus ke mahtab shodi vaghte sahar
- Moshiri -
: You promised to fly to me like the sun
you promised to come to visit me like the moon
alas! you became the sun but at the dusk
alas! you became the moonlight but at the dawn
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