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    The Death of Nazli

    The Death of Nazli was written by Ahmad Shamlou the great Iranian poet in the memory of Vartan Salakhanian. Vartan was a communist who was arrested and tortured to death after the 1953 coup in Iran and his dead body was thrown in Jajrud River. Shamlou replaced the name of Vartan with Nazli (a girl's name) in order to break through the barriers of censorship at the time, yet he has proliferated Vartan to the extent of all freedom fighters.




    Vartan Salakhanian


    This is a translation of Shamlou's poem:




    The Death of Nazli


    Nazli!

    The spring smiled and the Judas tree has blossomed.

    The old Jasmine has bloomed

    under the window

    at home.


    Stop doubting!

    Do not ever wrestle with the sinister death!

    Being is better than perishing, especially in the spring!


    Nazli said nothing!

    She clenched teeth with anger on her wounded heart and left proudly.


    Nazli! Say something!

    The bird of silence has hatched in its nest,

    awaiting birth of its chicken:

    "a tragic death"!


    Nazli did not say a word

    Like the sun

    She rose gloriously, broke the darkness of the horizon, then drowned in her blood

    and left.


    Nazli did not say a word

    Nazli was a star

    Suddenly in this gloomy night, she lit up, leapt,

    and left.


    Nazli did not say a word

    Nazli was a violet

    She flowered and shared the good tidings: "The winter has been defeated!"

    and

    left ...

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    a communist is dead. No matter how much a useful idiot he was.

    I am not going to lose sleep over a communist.

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