“I am bothered by a pain which isn’t mine I lived in a land which isn’t mine I have lived with a name which isn’t mine I have wept of grief which isn’t mine I was born out of joy which isn’t mine I die a death which isn’t mine. Ahmad Shamlu”

احمد شاملو / Ahmad Shamlou

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