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Poem

Bijan Elahi

Tiger

You, imprisoned by this simile!
Jump! Boy! Rip!

Bars, my dear, are verses.
They soar when you flee.

For an instant, you turn pale
and sober, in papery air.

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ببر

زندانی این تشبیه !
بپر ، پسر ، بدر !

میله‌ها ، نازنین ، ابیاتند ،
می‌پرند اگر بپری ،

یک آن که سفید می‌شوی ، هشیار ،
در هوای کاغذوار .
 
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Tiger

You, imprisoned by this simile!
Jump! Boy! Rip!

Bars, my dear, are verses.
They soar when you flee.

For an instant, you turn pale
and sober, in papery air.

Tiger

You, imprisoned by this simile!
Jump! Boy! Rip!

Bars, my dear, are verses.
They soar when you flee.

For an instant, you turn pale
and sober, in papery air.
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