Brothers of Joseph
Apr 5th, 2010 | By Ali Abdolrezaei | Category: Poetry | 1734 viewsAuthor: Ali Abdolrezaei
Translator: Abol Froushan
When they raided the house
I didn’t run away from on top of the girl
why should I hide
the tears that came with me from place to place.
On the tender stem that I bring
the great hand other than leaves would put what?
Other than death in these shambolic Sabbaths would transpire what?
I lose out of hand will what?
I run riot for sleep to desert the heads of all sentences in the world
I’m bereft to see so many weeping faces
Bomb all the crying if you can
for losing was no desire I had in hand
for how could I brother another?
How could I call brother another who makes me sick?
Still the sound left behind from the shooting
at the tender stem that I brought resounds in me
My brother I love you
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About Ali Abdolrezaei: Ali Abdolrezaei was born on 10 April 1969 in Northern Iran. He completed his primary and secondary education in his city of birth and after receiving his diploma in mathematics passed the nationwide university entrance exams. He graduated with a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tehran Technical and Engineering University. He began his professional poetic career in 1986 and became one of the most serious and contentious poets of the new generation of Persian poetry. Abdolrezaei has had an undeniable effect on many poets of his generation through of his poetry as well as his speeches and interviews. He is also one of the few poets who succeeded in expressing his unique poetic individuality. His eight varied books of poetry – From Riskdom, Shinema, So Sermon of Society, Improvisation, This Dear Crying, Paris in Renault, You Name this Book and Only Iron Men Live in the Rain – endorse his poetic creativity and power. Publication is forthcoming for his poetry collection La Elaha Ella Love and the multi-textual Hermaphrodite. Both have received diverse critical reviews. Nearly all well-known poets and critics of Persian poetry have written about Abdolrezaei’s work. In September 2002 after his protest against heavy censorship of his latest books such as So Sermon of Society and Shinema, he was banned from teaching and public speaking. He left Iran and after staying a few months in Germany, followed by two years in France, he moved to London, where he has been living for the last three years. |
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