Majid and Azad 1988 Los Angeles
Debut
What am I doing in this nightclub
Among these young women and men?
They have come here
To listen to the debut of
The Emotional Oranges,
To the warm voice of a man
Who a long time ago
Slept at my bosom.
They don’t know
That he comes from
A home split in two,
From the poetry readings
Of a blind father,
From the battlefields
Of a warrior mother,
From vision and action.
Shake it, shake it,
Let this syncopated beat
Get into your soul
And listen to the voice
Of a singer with sunglasses
Which reminds me of the debut
Of an infant
Whose umbilical cord I cut myself.
Majid Naficy
May 23, 2019
نخستین اجرا
در این بزمگاه شبانه چه میکنم
میان زنان و مردان جوانی که به اینجا آمدهاند
تا به نخستین اجرای "پرتقالهای احساسی" گوش کنند
به صدای گرم مردی که دیرزمانی پیش
در آغوش من به خواب میرفت.
آنها نمیدانند که او
از خانهای دوپاره میآید
از شعرخوانیهای پدری نابینا
از کارزارهای مادری جنگنده
از بینش و کوشش.
بجنبان، بجنبان
بگذار این ضربآهنگِ پسوپیش
در جانت بنشیند
و به صدای خوانندهای
با عینک آفتابی گوش ده
که یادآورِ نخستین اجرای نوزادیست
که بند نافش را خود بریدم.
مجید نفیسی
بیستوسوم مه دوهزارونوزده
Amazing; full of reality along with emotion and wonder. Thank you Majid, you are good to bring up the power of true feeling and sensation that are ignored and hidden under our aged skin. BRAVO
Partow Nooriala
from Jaleh:
Hi Majid,
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
from Sharyn:
Hi Majid,
I tried submitting a comment but was not successful—must have done something wrong. I do love this heart-warming poem about the love of a father for his son. I always feel saddened when learning of family ties that have frazzled or perhaps were never strong—perhaps there is something magical in clipping the birthing cord yourself.
from Mike:
Thanks for sending this poem to me, Majid. I admire your work.
from Hugh:
Thanks, Majid. Very poignant. Take care.
Best regards
from my son:
Hey Dad,
This is beautiful. Thank you for writing it.
Best,
AZ
from Moin:
Thank you Majid jaan,
Beautiful as always. It is going to my Facebook.
Love you