For International Women’s Day
Eve’s Song
by Majid Naficy
My breasts are beautiful,
And my buttocks even more.
Why not be naked?
Why not make one naked?
Oh, waters of Eden,
Pouring into four rivers,
Be my witness.
I saw my nakedness in your mirror,
And God forgave me not.
We were coming
From behind big fig trees,
And our kisses were blooming
Like bits of ripe fig.
Adam's fingers
Were sliding down my skin
Like a searching snake,
And fig leaves one by one
Were falling from my body.
Then we heard the sound
Of your fearsome strides
And the lightning of your wrath
Struck us down.
Do not peek
From behind high thatched walls.
A wide world
Is opening before us.
January 4, 1991
برای روز جهانی زن
ترانهی حوا
مجید نفیسی
پستانهای من زيباست
و سُرينهای من زيباتر.
چرا برهنه نبودن؟
چرا برهنه نكردن؟
اي آبهای عدن
كه به چار رود می ريزيد
گواه من باشيد!
من برهنگی خود را
در آينهی شما ديدم
و خدا بر من نبخشيد.
از پشت انجيربُنهای بزرگ میآمديم
و بوسههای ما
چون دانههای رسيدهی انجير میشكفت.
انگشتان آدم
چون ماری كنجكاو
بر پوست من میلغزيد
و برگهای ساتر، دانهدانه
از اندام من فرومیريخت.
آنگاه صدای گامهای ترسناك ترا شنيديم
و آذرخشِ خشم تو
ما را بر زمين فروكوبيد.
از پشت ديوارهای بلند گلين
دزدانه نگاه مكن!
جهان گستردهای
در برابر ما دامن گشوده است.
چهارم ژانویه هزارونهصدونودویک
Great poem. I shared it on Facebook and may I read it on my program next Tuesday?
from Freeda Saba, the producer of "Global Village" show:
Beautiful!
from Fereidoun Farahandouz:
Absolutely Beautiful. Loved it. Thank you so very much dear Dr.Naficy.
from Ezat:
Thank your dear Dr. Naficy; I hope you will be fine and delightful. Like always, I enjoyed reading your poem. The English and Farsi version of the stanza, provided me with different feelings and this speaks to your mastery of both the languages. Nakedness is very important, specifically when it come to the nakedness of one's soul. This is perhaps the reason, Baba Tahir called himself, the naked. I convey my warmest greetings to you and congratulate you for your excellent work. Is your latest book available in Toronto for purchase?
With boundless affection
from Partow Nooriala:
So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
from Shay:
Beautiful! Here Eve invites us into the garden of eden, contarte to what that stodgy good of wrath might think.
from Lillian Boraks Nemetz:
Dear Majid
I love the poem “Eve’s Song.”
Women should learn to appreciate
Their bodies and their femininity
And not be ashamed of and spooked
By criticism .
Best wishes
Lillian