THE GREEN EXPANSE · POEM 16 OF 25
پرهای زمزمه
The Feathers of Murmuring
English translation draft, awaiting review.
Persian audio selected / خوانش فارسی
There is still time before all these upside-down lotuses of umbrellas close.
مانده تا بسته شود این همه نیلوفر وارونه چتر.
and the rise of a frog's head from the horizon of understanding life.
و طلوع سر غوک از افق درک حیات.
There is still time before our tray fills with talk of samosas and the holiday.
مانده تا سینی ما پر شود از صحبت سنبوسه و عید.
In an air where neither the growth of a stalk has resonance,
در هوایی که نه افزایش یک ساقه طنینی دارد
nor a fairy's song arrives through an opening in the constellation of snow,
و نه آواز پری میرسد از روزن منظومه برف
There is still time before the bird raises its voice upon Esfand's delirious wall.
مانده تا مرغ سر چینه هذیانی اسفند صدا بردارد.