IM SO IN LOVE by SIMIN BEHBAHANIN سیمین بهبهانی Im so in love, so in love! that I cannot see myself I ask this mirror where my Simin has gone Where have her eyes, revealing and raven-lashed, since gone Her eyes that read me books by pillowside. Her lips that tell your lips, Take from me whatever you want from me, for I am sweet and ripe Why should my doctor say, Endure the distance! Tell him enduring is not worthy of my ways Why should I, a restless soul, endure I, of delicate heart, a spirit so light Why should I endure, Im not solemn or made of stone. I could sum up in one line a thousand wishes of mine: Every last wish would be to linger with a companion What am I saying?! My time has come and gone Youth impossible, to old age I must resign Loving and caring are not becoming of me Shameful I am of one, fearful of the other indeed But openly I speak to the mirror, that confidant of mine That tells me of late: Oh you eternal lover, What ask you of Simin, For I can see nothing of her within. By Simin Behbahani Translated from the Persian by Niloufar Talebi
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 08:31:35 +0000
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