The Word Beautiful

Sohrab Sepehri (1928 – 1980): The Word Beautiful

The word beautiful–
what does it mean if not– 
an interpretation made of love–
only love, of shapes?

And isn’t it right–
that love, truly only love,
can get you used to the warmth–
of the intimacy with a mere apple?

And love, only love,
took me to the width–
of the sorrow filling lives,
and carried me away, away–
to the possibility of -being a bird–
and of becoming a healing to the hurt.

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Translation: Maryam Dilmaghani, May 2013, Halifax.
Artwork: Vladimir Kush.