Once More I Will Greet the Sun - Forugh Farrokhzad

Once more I will greet the sun,

the stream that flowed in me,

the clouds which were my long thoughts,

the painful growth of poplars in the garden

which pass through the dry seasons with me,

the flocks of crows

which brought me the smell of the night farms

as presents,

my mother who lived in the mirror

and was the image of my old age.

Once more I will greet the earth whose burning soul

is filled with the green seeds of my incessant passion.

I will come, I will come, I will come,

with my hair, the continuation of the smells of the undersoil,

with my eyes, as the dense experiences of darkness,

with the bushes I have picked in the wilderness beyond the wall

I will come, I will come, I will come

and the entrance will be filled with love

and at the entrance, once more, I will greet those who love

and the girl who is still standing there

at the threshold full of love.

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Forugh Farrokhzad (1934 - 1967) Iran

Translated by Gholamreza Sami Gorgan Roodi

Source: National Poetry Library [From Modern Poetry in Translation, Series 3. no.2, 2004]