Poem
Pooyan Farmanbar
Lose
A boat is missing in my eyesIf it sinks in me
Or comes across Moses
who suffered for the world
The sky won't shuffle
Or the cloud right above my head
That is pissing on me
On you
And even on Beelzebub
That is nothing except a question
What can the police do
Except to chase the thief
Who runs away so much
As to become the police
The Hunter works in the sky
And I who am idle
What should I do
So this 'What'
Leaves me alone
We are all flight
Of course a few are only birds
Exactly like solitude
That is water's drip drip in a church
Or this very painter
Who put me on the cross
Until time goes to sleep
Like the watch on my wrist
I enjoy tears
Rain as long as you can
But if I confess
Will I win again?
© Translation: 2017, Abol Froushan
باخت
باخت
جای قایقی خالیست در چشمهام
که اگر غرق شَوَد در من
یا بربخورد به موسی
که جهان را رنج میخواست
بُرنمیخورَد آسمان
یا ابری که درست بالای سرم
دارد چنان میشاشد به من
به تو
و حتا ابلیس
که چیزی جز سوال نیست
پلیس اگر پُلی نزند
دنبال چه باشد جز دزد
که آنقدر فرار مىكند
تا پليس شود
شکارچی كار میکند در آسمان
و من كه بیكارم
باید چکار کنم
که این چه
دست بردارد از سرم
ما همه پروازیم
گرچه تنها برخی پرندهاند
درست مثل تنهایی
که چکچک آب است در کلیسا
و یا همین نقاش
که مرا کشیده بر صلیب
تا زمان بخوابد
مثل ساعتم روى مچ
من از اشک لذت میبرم
تا مىتوانى ببار
اما اگر اقرار کنم
باز آیا میبرم؟
که اگر غرق شَوَد در من
یا بربخورد به موسی
که جهان را رنج میخواست
بُرنمیخورَد آسمان
یا ابری که درست بالای سرم
دارد چنان میشاشد به من
به تو
و حتا ابلیس
که چیزی جز سوال نیست
پلیس اگر پُلی نزند
دنبال چه باشد جز دزد
که آنقدر فرار مىكند
تا پليس شود
شکارچی كار میکند در آسمان
و من كه بیكارم
باید چکار کنم
که این چه
دست بردارد از سرم
ما همه پروازیم
گرچه تنها برخی پرندهاند
درست مثل تنهایی
که چکچک آب است در کلیسا
و یا همین نقاش
که مرا کشیده بر صلیب
تا زمان بخوابد
مثل ساعتم روى مچ
من از اشک لذت میبرم
تا مىتوانى ببار
اما اگر اقرار کنم
باز آیا میبرم؟
© 2017, Pooyan Farmanbar
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Lose
A boat is missing in my eyesIf it sinks in me
Or comes across Moses
who suffered for the world
The sky won't shuffle
Or the cloud right above my head
That is pissing on me
On you
And even on Beelzebub
That is nothing except a question
What can the police do
Except to chase the thief
Who runs away so much
As to become the police
The Hunter works in the sky
And I who am idle
What should I do
So this 'What'
Leaves me alone
We are all flight
Of course a few are only birds
Exactly like solitude
That is water's drip drip in a church
Or this very painter
Who put me on the cross
Until time goes to sleep
Like the watch on my wrist
I enjoy tears
Rain as long as you can
But if I confess
Will I win again?
© 2017, Abol Froushan
Lose
A boat is missing in my eyesIf it sinks in me
Or comes across Moses
who suffered for the world
The sky won't shuffle
Or the cloud right above my head
That is pissing on me
On you
And even on Beelzebub
That is nothing except a question
What can the police do
Except to chase the thief
Who runs away so much
As to become the police
The Hunter works in the sky
And I who am idle
What should I do
So this 'What'
Leaves me alone
We are all flight
Of course a few are only birds
Exactly like solitude
That is water's drip drip in a church
Or this very painter
Who put me on the cross
Until time goes to sleep
Like the watch on my wrist
I enjoy tears
Rain as long as you can
But if I confess
Will I win again?
© 2017, Abol Froushan
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