Poem: Bijan Elahi

Trans: Mehdi Ganjavi

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The Red Intellect

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Why should I travel? Why

Should I travel?

I, who can bewilder,

Years around my house

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Home: my longing- because

I am out of it-

The house, which appears in the light

appears on the peak of light…

The known bird

swallows out of kindness

-The Adam’s apple

moves for a second-

then its eyes

bring forgetfulness.