To My Dear Bahareh Poem by Negar Gorji
To My Dear Bahareh
In spring,
The sky is salty,
The sun is tangerine and
The earth is Nutella.
Though the other seasons
Sometimes meet you
The scent of your generosity
Never betrays.
Green leaves become pale
When the breeze tells them
That you want to leave,
Though the hope of your return
Keeps them on frail branches.
My dear Bahareh,
Changes in the seasons
Will never affect you,
As the colorful strings of your hair
Embrace day and night.
No need to immortalize you
In my lines, since you are
Immortalized in my heart already
As well in all those hearts that
Beat for your breath.
'Bahareh' means 'Spring' in Farsi. I've written this poem both for the Spring and for my
friend, whose name is Bahareh. The lines:
- "Though the other seasons / Sometimes meet you" refer to the fact that in Spring some
days are as cold as in Winter, while some other days are as hot as in Summer; even the
rainy weather can be a sort of Autumn ["a Spring that meets the other seasons"].
- In the three lines starting with "Changes in the seasons, " I'm referring directly to
Bahareh: the changing of seasons alludes to the changing of the situations of life, to its ups
and downs. The lines mean that nothing can affect her, because the facts of life —the
white/black ("day and night")"strings of (her)hair"— have made her stronger.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/6/2024 5:43:52 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Just edited your 4 poems sent to Fabrizio. Really impressed especially " Anonymous" . This one is quite delightful too.