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Poem by: Forugh Farrokhzad
Translated by: Sholeh Wolpé
Red Rose
Red rose.
Red rose.
Red rose.
He took me to the garden of red rose.
In the dark, hung a red rose on my wild hair
then,
made love to me on the petal of a red rose.
O paralyzed doves,
virgin barren trees, blind windows!
Look! Beneath my heart,
deep inside my womb
now grows a rose;
red, red rose.
Rose, red like a flag
-- a revolution.
A child.
A child.
From Sin--Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad
