Martyr
Martyr
- Jalal Malaksha (1950-2020) Irani Kurdistan
Translations by Omid Varzandeh from the Kurdish
The white dove
was carrying a peace letter—
From: A Wounded Land
To: History
when the hunters came
and threw a net
of arrows.
Suddenly
the earth screamed.
The sky awoke.
The dove's blood
fell over the world,
drop
drop
drop