Translated by Maryam Ghodrati
Read the Poem in Persian
Leave the world to the poets
Leave the world to poets
With no doubt
They will awake the words
And plant flowers and wheat in gardens
Leave the world to the poets
Desert and rain
Both will become happy
And both would blossom
From the fingertips of elementary kids
Leave the world to the poets
With no doubt soldiers will sing lyrics and
Fall in love
And guns will put their heads on the hilts and
Won’t wake up
Leave the world to the poets
Walls will be grounded and
Borders will fade
Trees would come to the streets
Will blossom in the bus lane
And birds will get on and
To all the citizens
Will give sunflower seeds
Didn’t you want this?
So why are you wasting your time?
Don’t be hesitant
And leave the world to the poets
These wandering rhymes
If don’t come out from the chests
Will grow old and won’t become birds
And a world without birds
Is a hell that only shoots
