Mehdi Akhavan Sales(M.Omid)

(1929-1990)

 

                                                                       

                                                                             

 

 


The moment of visiting
The moment of visiting is near
Again, I am crazy and drunk
My hands are shaking and so is my heart
Again, it seems I am in another world.

Razor, don't carelessly scratch my face
Wind, don't mess up my hair

My heart! don't embarrass me 
The moment of visiting is near.

 

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Two Windows
          Like two windows across from each other
          We were aware of every quibbles of another
          Everyday greetings, questions and laughters
          Everyday an appointment for the next day.

         It was not the act of the sun,
         Or the magic of the moon
         Curse the voyage which has done this:

        Now I am heart-broken and silent
        'Cause one of the windows is closed

 

The Winter
  

   They are not going to answer your greeting
   Their heads are in their collars
   Nobody is going to raise his head
   To answer a question or to see a friend
   The eyes cannot see beyond the feet
   The road is dark and slick
   If you stretch a friendly hand towards anybody
   He hardly brings his hand out of his pocket
   For the cold is so bitter
   The breath coming out of your chest
   Turns into a dark cloud
   And stands like a wall in front of your eyes
   While your own breath is like this
   What do you expect from your distant or close    friends?

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