The Mill’s Past
How long was it?
How many years
how many centuries?
that they had been far apart
and cold
our paired hands.
Just like particles of dust
from this space to that space
from this land to that land
from
door
to door
captive to the wind...
It has passed!
Whatever it was
it has passed,
and we
have reached each other
steadfast
beside the golden sheaves
and the days of the month of Mehr...
Machine translation from the Persian
Original Persian
گذشتۀ آسیاب
Wink
چه قدر بود ؟
چند سال
چند قرن ؟
که دور بوده اند
و سرد
دست های جفت مان .
درست مثل ذرّه های خاک
از این فضا به آن فضا
از این دیار به آن دیار
در
به
در
اسیر باد ...
گذشته است !
هرچه بود
گذشته است ،
و ما
به هم رسیده ایم
استوار
کنار خوشه های زر
و روزهای ماهِ مهر ...