Posthumous Light - Marina Tsvetaeva
Farideh Hassan Zadeh( Mostafavi)
A part of a long poem:My desk
My desk, most loyal friend
thank you. You ‘ve been with me on
every road I’ve taken.
My scar and my protection.
My loaded writing mule .
Your tough legs have endured
the weight of all my dreams , and
burdens of piled-up thoughts.
Thank you for toughening me.
no worldly joy could pass
your severe looking-glass
you blocked the first temptation,
and every base desire
your heavy oak oughtweighed
lions of hate, elephamts
of spite you intercepted.
Thank you for growing with me
as my need grew in size
I’ve been laid out across you
so many years alive
While you’ve grown broad and wide
and overcome me. Yes,
however my mouth opens
You stretch out limitless.
You are a pillar
of light. My source of Power!
You lead me as the Hebrews once
were led forward by fire.
In a world where all
Are hunched and lathered
I know only one
Equal to me in strength.
In a world where we
Seek so much,
I know only one
Equal to me in might.
In a world where everything
Is mold and vines,
I know: only
You are equal in essence
To me.
You who loved me with the falseness
Of truth - and the truth of lies.
You who loved me-beyond
Anything!-Over the edge!
You who loved me beyond
Time-Right hand, wave!
You love me no more:
The truth in five words.
Sources
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=99142
http://home.comcast.net/~kneller/tsvetaeva.html
http://web.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Demo/texts/two.html
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Farideh Hassan Zadeh( Mostafavi) - Mostafavi is an Iranian poet, translator and freelance journalist. Her first book of poetry was published when she was twenty-two. Her poems appear in the anthologies Contemporary Women Poets of Iran and Anthology of Best Women Poets.. She is the author of The Last Night with Sylvia Plath: Essays on Poetry .She has extensively translated World literature into Persian.