Searching for you on foothills of mountains, on thresholds of oceans and meadows, I cry.
Ahmad Shamlou
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Elegy, on the death of Forugh Farrokhzad — translated from Persian by Zara Houshmand (2003); Complete opening stanza from authorized Words Without Borders translation. Full poem and translator credit read.15 words of a longer poem; not attributed to Farrokhzad, who is the person mourned.
- Elegy, on the death of Forugh Farrokhzad — translated from Persian by Zara Houshmand (2003)
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