Becoming

Was I? Was I not? In love? Was I? Was I not? Truthful? Was I? Was I not? Shining, delicate, like a feather? Was I an actor? Was I not an actor? You fell in love. In love with me. You entrusted your heart to me. Now I am: with a red heart in my breast. Now my blood, weeping, wants to flow days and nights forever in your veins. Come! my love...

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بودم؟ نبودم؟ عاشق؟ بودم؟ نبودم؟ راستگو؟ بودم؟ نبودم؟ درخشان، لطیف، مثل پر؟ بودم بازیگر؟ نبودم بازیگر؟ عاشق شدی. عاشق من. سپردی به من قلب ت را. حالا هستم: با قلبی سرخ در سینه. حالا خون من گریه کنان می خواهد جاری باشد روزها و شب ها تا ابد در رگ هایت. بیا! عشق من...
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