When the night
preserves my shadow as a manuscript
I will stretch out my hands
to pluck a dream from yesterday’s branches,
I will approach
your prehistoric—
and still newborn—waiting
to nourish your lonely moments.
Who knows maybe
this is going to please
my hesitation, grown so old.
May
2006
Tehran
Translated by Samvel Mkrtchyan
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