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Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Dorooghe (IT IS A LIE)

I haven’t done this for a very long time. Once in a while, I translate something from Farsi (usually Music or a video clip) to English. I usually do this to show the level hatred or stupidity in Iranian ruling government. However, this time I am translating a poem that is truly amazing. I had no idea how hard it is to translate a poem. It is still not as good as it should be, but it gets the job done. It is regarding Dr. Ahmadinejad and his stance on Holocaust. I don’t know whether it is composed inside Iran or by opposition groups in exile.

TRANSLATION:
You say the murder of wondering tribe is a lie,
Thousands of bodies in the burning oven is a lie,
The bullet on mother’s heart while holding her baby, the baby’s look at her lifeless mother is a lie
Europe and the long burning cold winter, the naked bodies of lifeless ladies is a lie
The gas chambers in the heart of the night is a lie
The bodies of injured and weak babies is a lie
The young and old are in line for executioner, the orphans who are left from these friends is a lie
You say that cold base of Auschwitz and the voice of boots of soldier is a lie
The cry of millions of miserable Jews from the oppression of bloody thirsty Nazi leader of Europe is a lie
But is the oppression against the Iranian nation a lie?
Is hanging friends in the name of religion a lie?
Is cutting the heads of Pens for the crimes of writing and publishing the truth a lie? (He is referring to shutting down newspapers in Iran and execution of some of the writers or owners of news papers)
Say whether the daily execution of open minded and intellectual is a lie?
The Iranian woman in a season of unfair battle, the Iranian woman in a season of unfair battle, is putting that dark Hijab on her by force a lie?
Say whether by force or threat of force using raiser and knives, confiscating and jailing Iranian freedom a lie?
You are saying something that every wise free man should know that saying of an unwise dictator is nothing but a lie.