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Oh humans! A Poem by Nimā Yushij

A Poem by Nimā Yushij (1896-1960). He is considered as the father of modern Persian poetry.

Translated by Farah.T.

a music clip with this lyric:

Oh humans!

Who are sitting on the seashore, joyful and laughing,
someone is drowning in the water,
someone is unceasingly floundering

in this furious, darksome and heavy blue deep that you know.

By the time that you are inebriated

by the imagination of overcoming the enemy,

by the time that you think in vain
that you have given aid to a powerless
to create a better, strong person,

by the time that you tighten your belts,
over your waists.

what more condition of life should I mention?
Someone is losing life in the water for nothing.

Oh humans,

who are having pleasant time on the shore,
bread on your plate, clothes on your body,
someone is calling you out of the water.

He beats the heavy waves with his tired hands,

opens his mouth with horrified, wide opened eyes,
he has seen your shadows from afar,
he gulps down the water out of the deep blue,
his fear grows from moment to moment,

he raises out of the water
once the head, once the foot.

Oh humans!

he watches this aged world from the distance

he screams and hopes for help.

Oh humans!

who are looking from the steady shore,

the waves hit the quiet shore,

spread and collapse on the shore like a drunkard into his bed,

the roaring water recedes,

and this call comes again from afar

Oh humans!

And the howling gale

getting more and more heart-rending,

and his voice vanishes into thin air.

From the near and distant waters
a distant call could be heard again:

Oh humans!

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