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من روح می فروشم (سیمین بهبهانی) (I Sell Souls (Simin Behbahani تو را که خانه‌ی نیین است بازی نه این است – سعدی   You whose house is of straw and hay Do not take fire for play Sa’adi – من روح می فروشم، وز هرچه نارواتر، در شهر خودپرستی، سودا و سود خلقی پرواری
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Source: William Blake’s illustrations for John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1808). “Apples Snakes Skies & Fires” Apples, snakes, skies and fires Tomorrow will bring us desires Yesterday’s empires Came and went with dust. Vivid dreams, acid streams Talking faces, without basis Purposeless, senselessness Bloodshed, alive. Can you feel it beating? Can you hear them screaming? Voices,
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The Waste Land April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. زمين باير فروردين ظالمترين ماه است، مي پرود ياسهاي بنفش را از زمين مرده، مي اميزد خاطره و خواستِه، مي تكاند ريشهاي راكد را با باران بهاري. I thought I’d
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. -Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) The Martyrdom of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Like bees scenting the myrrh and frankincense Of his flesh, bullets congregate around him; Blood honeys at the exit wounds
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