Yalda ( بازآفرینی شاعرانه به انگلیسی )

This year,

in the breath of the clear-souled elder Shalyar,

I will cast my omen

with garnet-red seeds of pomegranate,

so that—like the rouge of dawn—

the heart

may be freed

from the sorrowful hue of winter,

and the wounded body of the earth

be clothed

in the noble garment of spring.

This year,

with the words of the hidden seer,

I will set my intention;

leaf by leaf,

until it speaks plainly:

that wine rests in the hand

and the flower blooms in the embrace;

and at last,

with full longing,

seeks deliverance.

With the coming morning,

in the light of early dawn,

I will bind a covenant—

that upon the ridge of time

a torch be raised,

the horizon flushed with color,

and regret

be driven

from the lover’s heart.

Yalda,

I will entrust to the stillness of night

as a message of glad tidings,

if the turning of days

frees the ruined house

from captivity,

opens the hidden chamber of solitude

to the robe of light,

and in the desert of exhaustion

lets clear joy

be sung.

Yalda—

on the brightest day of the year,

I will cast the omen

once again.

Arsalan – Wiesbaden

December 20, 2025

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توضیح کوتاه (برای اطمینان تو)

• تفأل → cast the omen (آیینی‌تر و شاعرانه‌تر از fortune-telling)

• لسان‌الغیب → the hidden seer (حافظ، بدون نام‌بردن مستقیم)

• می در کف و گل در بر → تصویر حفظ شده، نه ترجمه‌ی تحت‌اللفظی

• لحن: مناسب مجله‌ی ادبی انگلیسی‌زبان یا دکلمه‌ی آرام

اگر بخواهی:

• نسخه‌ای کلاسیک‌تر (Formal English)

• یا مدرن‌تر و مینیمال

• یا یک توضیح فرهنگی کوتاه درباره Yalda / Shalyar / Hafez برای چاپ کنار شعر

بگو کدام را می‌خواهی.