Afshin Yadollahi - SUCH WAS THE SILENCE I WALKED IN

Such was the silence
I walked in,

That when you came to your senses

There was nothing to hear
But me

So artful was my theft of you,

That God Himself chuckled with glee

Such is the love where I'll keep you, 

That - guilty of plagiarisme,

The world will have to abdicate.

Afshin Yadollahi

adapted from the Farsi original by Sylvie M. Miller

آنقدر بی صدا آمدم

که وقتی به خودت آمدی
هیچ صدایی جز من نبود

آنقدر ماهرانه، تمام ِ تو را دزدیدم

که خدا هم به شوق آمد

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