Forests of Imagination

In this Springtime

Parvis Khazrai
Translated from the Persian by Joan Mac Dougall, in collaboration with the poet

In this Springtime

The tree
Became my heart’s accomplice

And showed me
How to mother the water
To perfume the earth

The tree
Contemplated it’s roots
And pointed to my feet
It told me not to worry
If the clouds denied their rain

The tree waved it’s branches
And taught my numbed fists
To agitate

This coming spring
I shall sing constantly
Without fear

This spring
I shall fight
In the wind
Like the tree