On the Threshold of Old Age

 

Majid Naficy

Some see the beginning of old age
In the teeth they have lost.
But I see it
In the friends who have gone recently.
This is the void of their places
Which leads me to the inevitability of death.
Especially when my child
And the children of my friends
Do not have children
So that I can get involved
In their lives.

I was still younger than my son
When death showed me its empty face.
In the span of a few months
I lost tens of my friends.
They fell in the execution fields
Or never returned home.
So I realized that by myself
I must fill the void of their places
And Make life new again.
That’s why I turned to poetry again
And filled the void of every friend
With a new poem,
Until my son was born
And made me familiar with the full face of life.

Now on the threshold of old age
I ask myself:
When will I embrace
My first grandchild?

November 24, 2018

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 لینک‌های شعرها، مقاله‌ها و کتاب‌های مجید نفیسی(به‌فارسی وانگلیسی)

 
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