Modern Persian Poetry - Mahmud Kianush's: Perhaps the Moon

Perhaps the Moon

A Poem by

Mahmud Kianush

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Perhaps the moon,

Dancing on the water,

Was not laughing

At the goldfish

So amused

By playing with Bubbles:

Perhaps,

in that moment

At a far distance,

Far beyond the imagination,

Someone was seeing me

in a forgettable dream.


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