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June 27, 2009 | Iran | Vetting explained

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Epic of DUST AND DIRT.

 

More translation of slogans and poems from Iran. First and second batch of translations are linked below:

 

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-279025
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-281703

 

An excerpt from a Shams-e Langaroodi poem about Neda, with its translation:

آه ندای عزیز من

گل سرخی که بر گلوی تو روییده بود

باز شد

گسترده شد

و نقشه ی ایران را در ترنم گلبرگ هایش فرو پوشانید

و اینانی که ندا داده اند

بلبلانند

میلیون ها تن که گرد گلی نشسته

و نام تو را می خوانند.

... Ah, my dear Neda

the red rose of your throat

blossomed

swelled

and engulfed in the song of its petals

the face of Iran.

And those who have heralded

are a million nightingales

circling a flower

singing your name...

_______________________

 

Translation of slogans:

 

فلسطينو رها کن ------فکری به حا ل ما کن
Think of us in Iran, not of those in Palestine!

 

يه ميليون دو ميليون-------------- راي نداديم به ميمون
One million, Two million -- we didn't vote for this baboon!

 

احمدی پینوشه----ایران شیلی نمیشه
Ahmadi Pinochet -- Iran is not your Chile ....

(Note to Iranians: Chile is pronounced Chee-leh)

 

مرگ بر طالبان -- چه کابل , چه تهران
Down with the Taliban, both in Kabul and Tehran..

_______________________

 

My name is Niloufar and I'm the editor/translator of BELONGING: NEW POETRY BY IRANIANS AROUND THE WORLD (North Atlantic Books, 2008). www.thetranslationproject.org

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