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My beloved by Forugh Farrokhzād |
In the limit, as the lover's self perception
increases to infinity, the sum of her perceptions of the
beloved from day 1 to day n equals zero.
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"Ma`shuq-e man" from the collection "Tavallodi Digar" by
Forugh Farrokhzād |
معشوق من از فروغ فرّخ‌زاد |
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[from the collection] "Another Birth" by Forugh-e
Farrokhzād: "My Beloved" |
تولّدی دیگر (از) فروغ فرّخ‌زاد: معشوق من |
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My Beloved |
معشوق من |
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with that naked, shameless body |
با آن تن برهنهٔ بی‌شرم |
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upon his powerful shanks |
بر ساق‌های نیرومندش |
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stood like death |
چون مرگ ایستاد |
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restless, slanted lines, |
خط‌های بی‌قرار مورّب |
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his insurrectionary organs, [they] |
اندام‌های عاصی او را |
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in the firm design [of his body], do follow |
در طرح استوارش دنبال می‌کنند |
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my beloved is, you could say, from forgotten generations |
معشوق من گوئی ز نسل‌های فراموش گشته است |
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you could say that some Tatar |
گویی که تاتاری |
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at the far end of his eyes |
در انتهای چشمانش |
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always is [waiting] in ambush for a mounted rider |
پیوسته در کمین سواریست |
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you could say that some savage |
گویی که بربری |
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in the flash of his glistening teeth |
در برق پرطراوت دندان‌هایش |
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is gripped in the pull of the warm blood of some prey |
مجذوب خون گرم شکاریست |
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