A poem from Mohammad Reza Shafei Kadkani (Iranian scholar, author and poet)

Mohammad Reza Shafei Kadkani 

This is an informal translation of a short poem in Persian that I like very much. All the the responsibility of bad translation is mine and not from the original poem!









In this poem a desert flower is talking to the breeze passing by in the desert!


English translation by Daylaman Blog:
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What is the rush and where are you going to?

The desert flower asks the breeze!

I am depressed here, replies the breeze!

This desert and its sands and you should also leave!

I wish I could, stuck in the ground are though my feet!

 So where are you rushing to?

Anywhere except here to be!

Have a safe journey from this awful desert and please!

Give my regards to blossoms, rain and trees!

Original Poem in Persian:

 شاعر: محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی 

به کجا چنین شتابان ؟

گون از نسیم پرسید

دل من گرفته زینجا

هوس سفر نداری

ز غبار این بیابان ؟

 همه آرزویم اما

 چه کنم که بسته پایم

به کجا چنین شتابان ؟

به هر آن کجا که باشد به جز این سرا سرایم

سفرت به خیر !‌ اما تو و دوستی خدا را

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به شکوفه ها به باران

 برسان سلام ما را