The Problem
Absolute
and sacred became
the great cow
they cut off my head at the feet of the cow.
Absolute
and sacred became
the idol of wood
of stone
they cut off my head at the feet of the idol.
Absolute
and sacred became
the word:
something that was no longer even something
and they cut off my head at the feet of nothing.
Perhaps absolute
and sacred they were
stone and cow and word;
but
what need has
the absolute
and the sacred
for my blood to be spilled on the ground?
Machine translation from the Persian
Original Persian
مسأله
Nocturne
مطلق
و مقدس شد
گاو بزرگ
سرم را بریدند در پای گاو .
مطلق
و مقدس شد
بت چوبی
سنگی
سرم را بریدند در پای بت .
مطلق
و مقدس شد
کلمه:
چیزی که دیگر حتی چیزی نبود
و سرم را بریدند در پای هیچ .
شاید مطلق
و مقدس بودند
سنگ و گاو و کلمه ؛
اما
مطلق
و مقدس
چه نیازی دارد
به ریختن خون من روی خاک؟