Awakening
The tree,
dancing,
from its winter sleep
rises,
from the play of the soil
— with its sucking mouth
and slipping tongue —
upon its root...
Machine translation from the Persian
Original Persian
بیداری
Wink
درخت
رقصان
از خوابِ زمستان
برمی خیزد ،
از بازی خاک
- با دهان مکنده
و زبان لغزان –
روی ریشۀ او ...