Wind up Doll 

عروسک کوکی

“More than this, yes

More than this could staysilent

Could stare like deadpeople, for long hours

Staring at the smoke of acigarette

Staring at the shape of acup

At a colourless flower onthe carpet,

Or an imaginary line on thewall

Could pull back the curtainwith numb fingers

And watch the heavy rain inthe street

Could stay next to thecurtain,

Staying there; but blind,but deaf

Could shout with a strangevoice

"I like it…"

Could humiliate everysurprising puzzle cleverly

Could solve a crosswordonly,

And get happy for discoveringa useless answer

A useless answer: five orsix letters

Could be like zero and havethe same answer in subtraction, addition, and multiplication

Could see your angry eyes asa colourless button of an old shoe

Could dried like water inits pit

Could hang the image of aconvict, a defeated or a crucified in an empty frame

Could cover the holes in thewall with different images,

And could mingle with moreabsurd roles”

Forough Farokhzad

This is a link to a website in the name and honor of Forough Farokhzad.

http://farrokhzadpoems.com/