MR
25/05/06
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Oevers van pijn
Ramin Farahani

Ik wilde je stem horen
wanneer je citaten voorleest
uit een pas geboren verhaal

Ik wilde in je ogen kijken
wanneer ze glanzen
van verlangen voor het donker

Ik wilde je wakker houden
met je sterren plukken
uit een dicht bewolkte hemel

Ik wilde met je wandellen
langs een vroege ochtend
dronken van samen zijn

Ik wilde mist worden
hangend om je lijf
glijdend water op je huid
vlammend vuur aan de Rijn

Ik wilde je ooit zien
aan de oevers
van dit pijn.

Edges of Pain
Ramin Farahani

I wanted to hear your voice
when you read out quotations
from a just born tale

I wanted to look in your eyes
when they burned
with desire for darkness

I wanted to keep you awake
with your star plucked
from a dense cloudy sky

I wanted to wander with you
at early dawn
drunk with being with you

I wanted to become a mist
hovering over your body
running water over your skin,
flaming passion on the Rhine

I wanted to see you ever
on the edges
of this pain.


Ramin Farahani Ramin Farahani was born in 1969 in Tehran, Iran.  He began to experiment with photography and make short films in 1987.  Later, he studied film direction at the Cinema and Theater Faculty of the Art University in Tehran (1989-1993).  Since 1994, he has lived in the Netherlands where he studied at the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam (1997-1999).  His portfolio includes photos, a book of poetry, and several films.  Farahani's last film was a documentary titled Jews of Iran.  He is now working on new documentary and fiction projects in Iran.  Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi.

Jews of Iran
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