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They had come to stay our little wheat grains. What remained of them were the footprints, side by side, on the soil with the rhythm of sweet dances in the memory of the lonely stones; what remained of them were the warm dances of flame with flame — naked in each other’s arms — in the dark memory of night; what remained was the smell of fresh hot bread and the wheat field to come...

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نو به نو

Wheat Field

آمده بودند بمانند گندم های کوچک ما . باقی ماند از آنها جای قدم های همراه هم روی خاک با آهنگ رقص های شیرین در حافظه ی سنگ های تنها ؛ باقی ماند از آنها رقص های گرم شعله با شعله ـ عریان در آغوش هم ـ در حافظه ی تاریک شب ؛ باقی ماند بوی نان تازه ی داغ و گندمزار آینده ...
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