.......
No bird,
had ever guided me
to the depth of this land:
I grew,
by myself,
from the gloom of this earth, like a wild flower,
next to the filthy mud of a slim river,
forever devoid of gardener.
And it is so that some,
are such regarding me:
“He lives off-
our belongings and earnings.
And he dares breathing, exhaling-
the malodorous air of his breath
in the pure air of our field.”
Except that,
the truth, the fact is
when they disembarked in this land,
the one who received them
with wide open arms,
with open arms,
was I.
Translation: Maryam Dilmaghani
The poem "..." was first published in The Dirges of The Earth (Marsieyeh-haye Khak), 1969 Tehran.