Forough Farrokhzad Poems

The crow that flew over us and sank-
in the confusion of a vagabond cloud;
The crow that swiftly crossed-
the extent of the sphere-
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I had a dream,
someone will come.
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The birds said:
“What a bright day, what a fresh air!
Spring has arrived.
I must look for my mate.”
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I want you, yet I know that never
can I embrace you to my heart's content.
you are that clear and bright sky.
I, in this corner of the cage, am a captive bird.
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Then
The sun turned cold
And abundance left lands
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My nights are painted bright with your dream, sweet love
and heavy with your fragrance is my breast.
you fill my eyes with your presence, sweet love.
giving me more happiness than grief.
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I am sending-
my warmest greetings to the sun,
and to the tender rivers that streamed in my veins,
and to the raining clouds that forever carried- my endless
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My entire verve-
is a dark verse.
It will take you-
to the unending dawn of blooms,
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Now, again in the silent night,
sequestrant walls, border walls
like plants entwine,
so they may be the guardians of my love.
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My beloved,
with his bare bold body-
rose over his legs,
fearless like death.
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