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NEW "Khaterateh Khater Khah" by Payam (Me)

"Shabeh tabestooneh sard,
Takoh tanhaa hast ein mard,
Khoonesh sard, valy ghalbeh garm,
Meekhabeh rooyeh takhteh narm.

Khabeh roozayeh khoob meebeeneh,
Donyash halah mesleh behesteh,
Khoonesh garm, bah galbeh deegeh halah,
Ba ein khaterateh khater khah.

Maheh safeed barash fereshteh bood,
Tah sahar omadoh donyashoh zad beh dood,
Aatasheh khorsheed kooresh kard,
Eshgheh deeroozesh ovord cheh dard.

Khaterateh khater khah,
Cheshmesh beh rah,
Halah deerooz fardah shodesh,
Halah nobateh fekreh khodesh.

Asemooneh ahbee, goleh khosghel, sayeh sard.
Raft to aftab; khoonesho dovareh garm kard.
Zendeegee dovareh roshan shodeh,
Az ein donya farrar lazem nadareh.

Halah har saateh rooz va shab khoshhaleh,
Meedooneh keh fardash rooborah meesheh,
Vah harshab patoosh sardeeyoh beeroon neegar meedareh,
Valy khateratesh hast keh khoonesho garm hanooz meekoneh."


"Azadi Nemikham"

by Payam (Me)

Azadi nemikham.
Azadi az fameel nemikham.
Azadi az sakhty nemikham.
Sakhty jelloh maro meebareh.

Ghalbetoh bedeh,
Keh deleh yeki garm besheh.
Maghzetoh bedeh,
Keh whoosheh bachehat beeshtar besheh.
Badanetoh bedeh,
Keh donyat bozorgtar vah mohavagtar besheh.

Azadi as fekreh ensanhat,
Hamekesso payeen meeyareh.
Azadi man nemikham.
Azadi yani tanhah shodan,
Azadi yani khod khah boodan,
Eshgh to ghalbet nist agar azad bashi.

Arezootoh bezar barayeh deegaran,
Fameelet barayeh hameeshast,
Komack kon keh bachehatoon,
Donyaroh becharkhan.
Az eshghet azadehshoon nakon,
Amma bezar cheshmashoon vaz beshan keh digeh bozorg shodan.

Azadi barayeh man nist,
Vah nemikhayad bood,
Zendigi toolani nist keh bekham tanhah basham,
Ghalbamoh bah eshghayeh zendegi ghofl kon.



"Sometimes Some Time" 

by Payam (Me)

Endless sight,
Fearless night,
Never wrong; always right,
Yet sometimes I wish everything was bright.

I sometimes fear the world and wish I could fly,
Amidst the moist clouds I think to cry,
Then I begin to ask myself why,
Since I am always cheered to have my starlit sky.

Dark, cold fright,
Oh how the sun could bring delight,
It could shine on me with all of its might,
And I could even see the children trying to fly their kite.

They wish to leave too sometimes and go up high,
You can hear it when they are upset when they give a long sigh,
But all we can do is give it a try,
Show them that the sun is yet another star that passes by.

Agar fekre mikoni keh galbet gom shodeh,
Dovareh fekre kon.
Agar fekre mikoni donyat kharrab shodeh,
Donyatoh ba man yeki kon.

Goftan ashegetam bas nist vaseh mah setareh bazeh,
Eshgam jahanoh balah payeen meebareh mesleh delam,
Lotfan ein harfaroh bavar mikoneh,
Aganeh raheh beheshtoh gom kardam.

Tarset yek chizeh badi hast,
Vah vaktet talaf meesheh,
Engadar tah delet meeshkast,
Bas kon, delet azadeh.

Setareh keh meebini az yek donyah digeh hast,
Ageh oon koreh ba ein gondegi metooneh farar bekoneh vah khodetoh bebineh,
Pas ja vaseh mah dotam hast,
Ba ein keh faselleh fekre mikoni nemizareh.

Sometimes you have to wait for some time,
Being in love should not be seen as a crime,
Agar bavar bekoni keh meesheh,
Ba setareh cheshmak esho pas bedeh.

"Wonder"

by Payam (Me)

The sunrise is better,
The sunset is better,
A timeless debate.

Each side believes that they know the way,
Although neither side has any hairs of gray,
They want to win the battle and celebrate.

In the meanwhile neither side wonders,
Of the day or night no one ponders,
Forgotten is the bulk of the time as if unknown.

"Only now do you tell me
Plainly what you didn't show me,
But I've always known."
(Excerpt of Translation of Pablo Neruda's Poem "Ode to Future Time")

By looking at the world through the other's view,
Not only does one learn to see something new,
But one also sees what has always been there.

Enjoying the day will make one enjoy the sunrise,
And the sunset can be appreciated by watching the moonrise,
The only thing that stops us is our scare.

Afraid that the day or night will end,
Afraid that we will be unable to mend,
The love that had just been found but so soon lost.

This is why we must love both the day and the night,
And not worry about who is wrong or right,
Because losing what you love comes at an immeasurable cost.

The day and the night work together,
The night allows for the cooler weather,
While the day allows for the warmth of one's skin.

Even if one prefers the other,
The gap in time makes the love stronger,
Almost making it seem like a sin.

But love is not a sin because it is pure,
Of this I am sure,
Because love is an ideal.

So if we appreciate the things that make us appreciate what we like,
And we decide to take a twenty-four hour hike,
Maybe we can learn that we are not as different as we feel.

The path will be together,
One, until forever,
Because true love cannot be broken.

Some say time is the problem when one is out of sight,
But when day is the same as night,
Time has no function and love is thus the ultimate token.

Sometimes when everything seems lost,
The stars at night may be your guide and the sun in day can melt the frost,
And uncover what once made one insane.

"I always knew that it is better, when one must speak of two, to start as one the same,"
(Excerpt of Translation of Shakira's Song "Inevitable")
Because then there is no one to blame,
And love can unite the heart and the brain.

There is no wonder in harmony,
"There is no I in we,"
Thus let it be.

ALL POEMS ARE WRITTEN/CREATED BY Payam .  RIGHTS RESERVED.