“Bread and Teeth/ A poem by Mustafa Sephernia”
های گذشته مهمترین منبع تامین انرژی بود
What is the use of teeth for a person without bread? Bread used to be the most important source of energy in the past. را خورده
What is the benefit of tooth decay, when it eats away at every part of one’s existence? شد
What’s the point of describing the feast of paradise if one is hungry? مسئولیت میزند
A mother who has a hungry young child talks about hijab and responsibility. گز
What is the use of a clean apron? Never from a poor reader
What’s the use of a hopeless man in the seven springs of spring? ِ درد
Today, I am in pain and my wish is to find a cure after enduring the pain. است
What’s the use of life when the throat of the flower is dry from thirst? ِ سردِ زمستان
What is the use of rain after the death of the garden? With the cold blade of winter. ره
The teary eyes of the city’s rulers spoke of the chaotic dance of their troubled faces.
Benefit? With that axe that aims for the death of the pine tree. زگشت به جنگل و باغ چه مزیتی دارد؟
What is the benefit of going to the forest and garden? آتش
The firewood seller who sold Nimrod’s fire said, “It is from the burning flame.” دوش بگیرد
What’s the point of hiding? Who is just enough to bear the burden of justice? کار داشت؟
What was he doing? What use did he have for injustice and judgment, for an office and a court?
Benefit? When justice falls into the trap of self-interest. ما
What is the purpose of the foundation of the judge’s table and the scale? Our defeated ships. کنم
What should I do with the ship that has fallen to the shore after the storm?
What’s the benefit? When the shepherd cries wolf a thousand times. ِ خداوند
What is the use of a shepherd? When justice reigns in the sky of God.
What’s the use of waiting for the mercy of rain when there are no clouds?
