A good journey, I wish you :-)

Shahab — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:45:07 +0000

I found a much better translation of the very famous poem that I started my website with it. It follows :

A good journey , I wish you …

To where, with such haste?
the thorn-bush demanded of the wind.
My heart is afflicted by this place
do you not have a yearning to travel
away from the dust of this desert ?
My whole being yearns, but
wat can i do with my feet tied….,
To where, with such haste?
I am heading for anywhere except this place.
A good journey i wish you, but for the love of God ,
when you have safely escaped from this brackish wasteland,
give my greetings,
to the blossoms, and the rain …

سفر به خیر
به کجا چنین شتابان ؟
گون از نسیم پرسید
دل من گرفته زینجا
هوس سفر نداری
ز غبار این بیابان ؟
همه آرزویم اما
چه کنم که بسته پایم
به کجا چنین شتابان ؟
به هر آن کجا که باشد به جز این سرا سرایم
سفرت به خیر !‌ اما تو دوستی خدا را
چو ازین کویر وحشت به سلامتی گذشتی
به شکوفه ها به باران

Source : an Iranian weblog

The First Word …

Shahab — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:34:44 +0000

This is my first post in this website, after the old website is updated and my old database was not refundable … I have 5 main weblogs that I update them often, but this one is where I usually announce my official statements about myself and my works(like my projects , my photo galleries, etc). I hope you enjoy visiting my website. As an old Iranian tradition, I start the first post of my website by an Irananian(in Persian language) poem which the translation follows as well. This poem is one of my favorites.

Shot is taken @ Italy, Pisa

سفر بخیر

به کجا چنین شتابان؟ گون از نسیم پرسید
دل من گرفته زینجا , هوس سفر نداری؟
ز غبار این بیابان؟
همه آرزویم اما چه کنم که بسته پایم
به کجا چنین شتابان؟
به هر آن کجا که باشد بجز این سرا سرایم
سفرت به خیر اما تو و دوستی خدا را
چو از این کویر وحشت به سلامتی گذشتی,
به شکوفه ها به باران
برسان سلام ما را.شفیعی کدکنی

Good Trip …

Where are you heading ? Asked thorn from the wind,
I am so bored and sad here. Don’t you like to take a break from here ?
Getting away from the dust of the desert;

Thorn : All my wishes for it, but what to do with the tied feet, but where are you heading ?

Wind : To where ever but not here …
Thorn : Good luck with the trip but for our friendship, for god sake,
When you passed this frightening desert safely,
To blossoms and the rain,
Say Hi for me…Sorry for bad translation, this poem is very famous in Iran and the poet is Master poet, Shafiye Kadkani.

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A good journey, I wish you :-)

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