Poem
Mehrdad Fallah
UNDER THIS SPOTLIGHT
I am thrown here againunder this spotlight
Once again
they have cast me as a tree
and my spot on the street
is left empty
some hole you may fall into unawares
and you suddenly find yourself over here
somewhere to sit
but where a chair
cannot be found
and you ineluctably
return to the stage
and pick me at my branch
It is clear that this play has no audience
and will be repeated over and over again
© Translation: 2011, Abol Froushan
Under this spotlight
Under this spotlight
© 2011, Mehrdad Fallah
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UNDER THIS SPOTLIGHT
I am thrown here againunder this spotlight
Once again
they have cast me as a tree
and my spot on the street
is left empty
some hole you may fall into unawares
and you suddenly find yourself over here
somewhere to sit
but where a chair
cannot be found
and you ineluctably
return to the stage
and pick me at my branch
It is clear that this play has no audience
and will be repeated over and over again
© 2011, Abol Froushan
UNDER THIS SPOTLIGHT
I am thrown here againunder this spotlight
Once again
they have cast me as a tree
and my spot on the street
is left empty
some hole you may fall into unawares
and you suddenly find yourself over here
somewhere to sit
but where a chair
cannot be found
and you ineluctably
return to the stage
and pick me at my branch
It is clear that this play has no audience
and will be repeated over and over again
© 2011, Abol Froushan
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