Haft Seen by Shakila Azizzada
21st March
This week, to celebrate Nowrus, our poem is ‘Haft Seen’ by Shakila Azizzada from Afghanistan. The poem is read first in English by Mimi Khalvati and then in Dari by Shakila Azizzada.
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Haft Seen
If it weren't for the clouds,
I could
pick the stars
one by one
from this brief sky,
hang them
in your…هفت سین
ابری اگر نبود
می توانستی
از اين آسمان کوتاه
دانه دانه
ستاره بچينی،
از موهای مدام آشفته اش
بيآويزی
و انگار کنی
می گويد:به قالين َموْر می مانم
که هرچه کهنه شود
زيباتر می گردد
هرچند
دو، سه بچه ی شيطان
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