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They smell your mouth
to find out if you might have spoken
words of love to anyone.
They sniff at your heart.
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
And they punish kissing
at crossroads
by flogging.
We must hide our love in dark wardrobes.
In this twisted impasse, in the bitter chill
they keep their fires alive
by burning our songs and poems.
Do not risk your life by thinking!
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
They knock on your door at midnight,
to smash your lamp.
We must hide our lights in dark wardrobes.
Look! butchers haunt the thoroughfares
with their bloodstained knives and cleavers.
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
They cut off the smiles from lips,
they cut out the songs from throats.
We must hide our feelings in dark wardrobes.
They barbecue nightingale-tongues
on fires of jasmines and lilacs.
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
Drunk with his victory,
gluttonous evil has gate-crashed
our funeral feast.
We must hide the word in dark wardrobes.
by Ahmad Shaamlou , iranian poet
They smell your mouth
to find out if you might have spoken
words of love to anyone.
They sniff at your heart.
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
And they punish kissing
at crossroads
by flogging.
We must hide our love in dark wardrobes.
In this twisted impasse, in the bitter chill
they keep their fires alive
by burning our songs and poems.
Do not risk your life by thinking!
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
They knock on your door at midnight,
to smash your lamp.
We must hide our lights in dark wardrobes.
Look! butchers haunt the thoroughfares
with their bloodstained knives and cleavers.
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
They cut off the smiles from lips,
they cut out the songs from throats.
We must hide our feelings in dark wardrobes.
They barbecue nightingale-tongues
on fires of jasmines and lilacs.
Such a strange time it is, my dearest...
Drunk with his victory,
gluttonous evil has gate-crashed
our funeral feast.
We must hide the word in dark wardrobes.
by Ahmad Shaamlou , iranian poet