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Poem

Ali Abdolrezaei

Last Line

A forehead is bobbing up and down behind the window
and doesn't take his eyes off the girl returning home

The wind blows off a corner of her scarf
and wraps it round her shoulders
Look!
The bunch of flowers sticking out of her hand is pretty
can you see?
Mind she doesn't see you from this angle

She's spiraling up the staircase
can you hear it?
Up the stairs 
One  two  three and ringinging!

Damn this stairway
if only it was longer
I wouldn't have had to spoil the last line of this poem

سطر آخر

سطر آخر

پشتِ پنجره یک پیشانی پایین و بالا می رود
و از دختری که دارد به خانه می آید چشم برنمی دارد

یک گوشه از روسری اش را باد می برد
و دور می زند او را دور ِ شانه هاش
  ببین!
دسته گلی که از کف ِ دستش درآمده زیباست
    می بینی!؟
سرت را بدزد از این گوشه شاید ببیند

در راه پله دارد پیچ می خورد
می شنوی!؟
بر پله ها
یکی     دوتا    سه تا     دینگ

لعنت بر این راهرو
اگر درازتر بود
سطرِ آخر این شعر را خراب نمی کردم
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Last Line

A forehead is bobbing up and down behind the window
and doesn't take his eyes off the girl returning home

The wind blows off a corner of her scarf
and wraps it round her shoulders
Look!
The bunch of flowers sticking out of her hand is pretty
can you see?
Mind she doesn't see you from this angle

She's spiraling up the staircase
can you hear it?
Up the stairs 
One  two  three and ringinging!

Damn this stairway
if only it was longer
I wouldn't have had to spoil the last line of this poem

Last Line

A forehead is bobbing up and down behind the window
and doesn't take his eyes off the girl returning home

The wind blows off a corner of her scarf
and wraps it round her shoulders
Look!
The bunch of flowers sticking out of her hand is pretty
can you see?
Mind she doesn't see you from this angle

She's spiraling up the staircase
can you hear it?
Up the stairs 
One  two  three and ringinging!

Damn this stairway
if only it was longer
I wouldn't have had to spoil the last line of this poem
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