In my little night, alas <br />The storm has a fateful tryst <br />with the sweet sleep of the trees. <br /> <br />In my little night, alas <br />The freezing fright of ruin streams. <br /> <br />Listen! <br />The shadows are stepping by… <br />We must flee. <br /> <br />This bliss seems so odd to me, <br />I am addicted to my despair, <br />I feel that something will disrupt <br />this flowing peace of our quiet night. <br /> <br />**&** <br /> <br />Listen! <br />The shadows are stepping by… <br />We must flee. <br /> <br />Don’t you see? <br />Our roof is shaking in fear of collapse, <br />and over this roof, an immense dark cloud, <br />like a dull, grieving crowd, <br />is expecting the moment of cry. <br /> <br />Don’t you hear? <br />Night is marching behind the window’s glass <br />and the wind is cutting our yard’s breath <br />It seems that stranger eyes <br />are watching this house. <br /> <br />Listen! <br />The shadows are stepping by… <br />We must flee. <br /> <br />**&** <br /> <br />You, <br />O green like the soul of the leaves, <br />Put your hands into mine, <br />And hold them like the burning memories of love. <br /> <br />You, <br />O green like the soul of the leaves, <br />Leave your lips to the stroke of mine, <br />And savor them like the swell flavor of an old wine. <br /> <br />If we forget, <br />The wind will take us away, <br />The wind will take us away. <br /> <br /> <br />Translation: Maryam Dilmaghani, May 2006, October 2006, Montreal.<br /><br />Forough Farrokhzad<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-wind-will-take-us-away/
