Sizdah Bedar in Modern Persian Poetry
The Persian texts of a few poems on Sizdah Bedar composed by contemporary Iranian poets may be viewed online on the Chain of Poems on Sizdah Bedar. Here is the English version of a part of the poem of the Footsteps of Water composed by Sohrab Sepehri in which he refers to the myth of Sizdah Bedar as related to the Angel of Rain:
I have washed my eyes,
I see otherwise.
But also, my words-
My words are made of-
the mere sense of the breeze-
and the true essence of the rain.
.
Come with me!
Leave the shield and shelter behind!
Let us stay, all together a while-
under the stroke of the drops of rain,
the starry
Come with me!
Leave the shield and shelter behind!
Let us carry the memory, the body and mind-
to the ritual landing of the rain from other side.
.
Let us go outside,
and make friends under weightless shower,
and look for love, under the downpour of water.
.
Yes!
Let us fly through the Dance of Life in the rain,
with the cleansing chant of the rain!
.
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(Translated by Maryam Dilmaghani).
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