The Country Poem by Kourush Zarerameshti
The Country
I. Capital
1
Loneliness
is the capital
of the country of love!
2
In the country of childhood,
the capital
is play!
3
The capital
of the country of books
is the question!
4
The capital is selflessness
in the country
of friendship!
5
Silence
is the capital
in the country of music!
6
Imagination
is the capital
of the country of hope!
7
Behold, identity
is the misty capital
of the country of language!
8
Law
is the capital
in the country of dictatorship!
9
The country of history
its capital
is distortion!
10
Yes, true indeed:
in the country of politics,
the capital is power!
11
The country of the self
where is
your capital? !
12
Hesitation is the capital
in the country
of betrayal!
II. Colonizer
1
The colonizer of
the country of love
is habit!
2
Time
is the colonizer
of the country of childhood!
3
The colonizer
of the country of books
is dogma!
4
The colonizer
of the country of friendship
is self-interest!
5
The country of music
has been colonized
by the wedding party!
6
The country of hope
has been colonized
by evaluation!
7
The colonizer
of the country of language
is translation!
8
The country of dictatorship
is colonized
by 'Why? '!
9
History
that is the country
whose only colonizer is itself!
10
The country of politics
has its ethics
colonized!
11
It is the other
that has colonized
the country of the self!
12
The colonizer
of the country of betrayal
is selfishness!
III. Collaborator
1
Loyalty
is the collaborator
of habit!
2
The universe
is the collaborator
of time!
3
Piety
is the collaborator
of dogma!
4
Age
is the collaborator
of self-interest!
5
Folk dance
is the collaborator
of the wedding party!
6
Success
is the collaborator
of evaluation!
7
Grammar
is the collaborator
of translation!
8
Doubt
is the collaborator
of 'Why? '!
9
Nostalgia
is the collaborator
of history!
10
Lies
are the collaborator
of ethics!
11
The mirror
is the collaborator
of the other!
12
Compassion
is the collaborator
of selfishness!
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