I close my books
The wind will carry
the cherry blossoms away
to the white of the clouds.
*
I escorted
the moon
down to the heart of a dark cloud.
I drank some wine and fell asleep.
*
As the air grew dark
the scent of gillyflowers filled the air.
*
A bird
sings in the middle of the night;
unfamiliar
even to the birds.
*
At the earliest assualt of autumn wind
a horde of leaves
seeks asylum in my room.
*
It is hard to believe
the reality of snow
in the height of summer.
*
A girl lies awake,
her head on a hard pillow,
a cheap bangle on her hand
in a field of hay.
*
On a foggy day
a sleepy child
is on his way to school
in the village of Pilevar.
*
I close my books
and lay down my calculator
as four-o`clock flowers open.
Abbas Kiarostami, A Wolf Lying in Wait, Selected Poems, Translated from the Persian by Karim Emmami & Michael Beard
"Where Is the Friend's Home? is a 1987 Iranian film directed and written by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.
The title of the film was derived from a poem by Sohrab Sepehri.
The film tells a deceptively simple account of a conscientious schoolboy's quest to return his friend's notebook in a neighboring village, since, should his friend fail to hand it in the next day, it is likely he will get expelled.
Kiarostami has a reputation for using child protagonists, for documentary style narrative films,for stories that take place in rural villages, and for conversations that unfold inside cars, using stationary mounted cameras. He is also known for his use of contemporary Iranian poetry in the dialogue, titles, and themes of his films." in Wikipedia
The wind will carry
the cherry blossoms away
to the white of the clouds.
*
I escorted
the moon
down to the heart of a dark cloud.
I drank some wine and fell asleep.
*
As the air grew dark
the scent of gillyflowers filled the air.
*
A bird
sings in the middle of the night;
unfamiliar
even to the birds.
*
At the earliest assualt of autumn wind
a horde of leaves
seeks asylum in my room.
*
It is hard to believe
the reality of snow
in the height of summer.
*
A girl lies awake,
her head on a hard pillow,
a cheap bangle on her hand
in a field of hay.
*
On a foggy day
a sleepy child
is on his way to school
in the village of Pilevar.
*
I close my books
and lay down my calculator
as four-o`clock flowers open.
Abbas Kiarostami, A Wolf Lying in Wait, Selected Poems, Translated from the Persian by Karim Emmami & Michael Beard
"Where Is the Friend's Home? is a 1987 Iranian film directed and written by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.
The title of the film was derived from a poem by Sohrab Sepehri.
The film tells a deceptively simple account of a conscientious schoolboy's quest to return his friend's notebook in a neighboring village, since, should his friend fail to hand it in the next day, it is likely he will get expelled.
Kiarostami has a reputation for using child protagonists, for documentary style narrative films,for stories that take place in rural villages, and for conversations that unfold inside cars, using stationary mounted cameras. He is also known for his use of contemporary Iranian poetry in the dialogue, titles, and themes of his films." in Wikipedia