Tuesday Poem

God's Small Beings

1

Alef
Lam
…… Mim.
in the Order of the Prophet
an invisible singer of my faith
in the Order of Love
but with
only the caprice of a gulp and
this tiny hyacinth entwines my crystal body.

2

Man, sinks in the mirror
woman,
……………… grows up in the mirror.

3

Relation
a reverse beginning
on the way of lost voyagers of dreams.

4

Man,
……. a burnt stub
Woman,
……. her heart lost to
………………….. the powder compact.

5

When the grey curtain of the nights
from the verdant stature of panicles
……………………………………… fell
the Meteor of lust
……………………………………… was also
……………………………………………….. dead.

6

Without shoes
bare feet, his heart
……………………… man moved through life,
through sand,
………………… smoke
………………………….. and
………………………………… fog
meanwhile
………………… woman had already arrived.

by Robab Moheb
from
ânâme kuchàke xodâ
publisher: Libris, Teheran, 1996
translation: 2008, Sam Vaseghi

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