Showing posts with label Kadkani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kadkani. Show all posts

7/16/2008

To Blossoms To Rain Give My Regards

Yarn used in a Darabi-bafi workshop in Yazd. See more pictures from the workshop and its old Ostad (master) at work here. More beautiful than words can convey.

گون

به كجا چنین شتابان؟ گون از نسیم پرسید

دل من گرفته زین جا هوس سفر نداری زغبار این بیابان؟

همه آرزویم اما چه كنم كه بسته پایم

به كجا چنین شتابان؟ به هر آن کجا كه باشد به جز این سرا سرایم!

سفرت بخیر اما تو و دوستی خدا را

چو از این كویر وحشت به سلامتی گذشتی

به شكوفه ها، به باران برسان سلام ما را

"محمد رضا شفیعی کدکنی"

Godspeed
I am depressed
from the unyielding grimness of this wasteland,
imprisoned but desire to fly.
"To which destination do you hasten?"
a brier asked of the breeze."
To where do I speed?
"To a land that embraces me."
"Take wing in peace but remember, my friend,
when you fly beyond this grim land
in the name of God and destiny
greet the rain and the blossoms for me."
Mohammad Reza Shafi Kadkani
Translation by Sheema Kalbasi*
*I am so honored to hear directly from Sheema Kalbasi today! She has so kindly sent me her poignant translation of the poem! What did I tell you about how lucky I am?!