It Didn't Happen
It didn't happen that I melted
in the furnace of faiths, in the fire of religion,
and took shape
— the shape of molds —
knife, bullet, rifle
mold after mold
beside myself,
without me,
without my heart: ablaze with your being...
Machine translation from the Persian
Original Persian
نشد
The Year of the Iris
نشد ذوب شوم
در اجاق ایمان ها ، درآتش دین،
و شکل بگیرم
- شکل قالب ها –
چاقو ، تیر ، تفنگ
قالب بعد از قالب
بی خود ،
بی من ،
بی قلب من: شعله ور از هستی تو ...