The Secret

by Fereydoon Moshiri | Fusion #5: Secrets

Water from the realm of the sea
 with maternal love 
aiming to sandy shores

Around the sandy water it turned 
washed away the dusty gloom
 from its face, 

Not aware what the sand
Said to the tender wave
From the human being
 that the wave started
Hitting its head time and time

To rocks and stones
With the aim of suicide

Translated by Mahnaz Badihian

About the Author

Fereydoon Moshiri was one of the prominent contemporary Persian poets who versified in both modern and classic styles of the Persian poem. He is best known as the conciliator of classical Persian poetry at one side, with the New Poetry initiated by Nima Yushij at the other side.