THE AVALANCHE OF SUNLIGHT · POEM 32 OF 32

محراب

The Prayer Niche

Draft translationPoem: 070 · Book poems: 039-0706 linesPrinted pages 139–140

English translation draft, awaiting review.

Listen to the poemخوانش شعر
0:00 / 0:00

Persian audio selected / خوانش فارسی

LineEnglish translationمتن فارسی
01

There was emptiness, and a breeze.

تهی بود و نسیمی.

02

There was darkness, and a star.

سیاهی بود و ستاره‌ای

03

There was existence, and a murmur.

هستی بود و زمزمه‌ای.

04

There were lips, and a prayer.

لب بود و نیایشی.

05

There was an ‘I,’ and a ‘you’:

«من» بود و «تو»یی:

06

prayer, and a prayer niche.

نماز و محرابی.