Poem
Ali Abdolrezaei
Earthquake
She raised a finger
Excuse me, teacher!
If the holy cow slips
tin roofs falling over
under lots of iron beams would we always die?
the teacher a tremor slipping down his face
pulled the pocket bottoms off his hands
and heavens fell down on the Nth class
crushed benches
lessons fallen from children’s hands
and the walls what dreams they harboured for the inhabitants
except for a hand that appeared in the rubble
with the call of a rising finger!
Excuse me, Sir!
May I get up?
© Translation: 2009, Abol Froushan
Publisher: POETRYMAG, Paris, 2009
According to an ancient Persian myth of creation, the earth rotates on the horn of a bull. Legend had it that if the bull coughed, the earth would slip off its horn, causing an earthquake.
Publisher: POETRYMAG, Paris, 2009
EARTHQUAKE
© 2009, Ali Abdolrezaei
Publisher: POETRYMAG, Paris
Publisher: POETRYMAG, Paris
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Earthquake
She raised a finger
Excuse me, teacher!
If the holy cow slips
tin roofs falling over
under lots of iron beams would we always die?
the teacher a tremor slipping down his face
pulled the pocket bottoms off his hands
and heavens fell down on the Nth class
crushed benches
lessons fallen from children’s hands
and the walls what dreams they harboured for the inhabitants
except for a hand that appeared in the rubble
with the call of a rising finger!
Excuse me, Sir!
May I get up?
© 2009, Abol Froushan
Publisher: 2009, POETRYMAG, Paris
Publisher: 2009, POETRYMAG, Paris
Earthquake
She raised a finger
Excuse me, teacher!
If the holy cow slips
tin roofs falling over
under lots of iron beams would we always die?
the teacher a tremor slipping down his face
pulled the pocket bottoms off his hands
and heavens fell down on the Nth class
crushed benches
lessons fallen from children’s hands
and the walls what dreams they harboured for the inhabitants
except for a hand that appeared in the rubble
with the call of a rising finger!
Excuse me, Sir!
May I get up?
© 2009, Abol Froushan
Publisher: 2009, POETRYMAG, Paris
Publisher: 2009, POETRYMAG, Paris
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