I was going to Aylesbury to face down the EDL but the arrangements for that are a bit skewiff and I'm taking myself to Clerkenwell Green instead, for the demonstration organised by Greater London Association of TUCs. This occasion is always somewhat marred by the enormous Stalin posters carried by some of the communist organisations that pitch up. Really, where do you start with this?
Anyway, undaunted, I'm sharing a poem with you called "Workers' Anthem". The intro is written by my friend. I have only a vague idea of what the poem says (I do have "house Persian" - so long as people are asking what is for lunch or whether I've washed their blue towel yet, I'm fine). But I wanted to remember the trade unionists in Iran on this day, facing a very hard slog against their government and against their employers.
Posting a Persian script poem into a Blogger post is a challenge - the exclamation marks have ended up at the wrong ends of the line. Oh, where do you start with this?
Dedicated to workers on the occasion of "May Day"
The poet is not after supporting any particular political ideology or system. He has tried to portray a small part of the abilities, agonies, deprivations and creativity of workers worldwide. He has also made extensive and tangible use of industrial, technical and work related terms in its poetic images and concepts in a surprisingly poetic way. This has gone some way to demonstrate the high potential of Persian language in poetry. The poem was written around 1981.
The poet is Hadi Momeni, former Iranian chess champion and the coach of many of the junior chess champions from Iran (boys and, especially, girls).
"سرود همبستگي"
با چه توان كوه كندارتش جوشان كارباچه توان پل كشيدبرقلل كوهسار؟اتحاد ، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
تيشهء دستان مابر لب شط سدكشيدتيشهء دستان مادر همه جا سد شكستبهر چه برخاك ريختحلقهء زنجيرهااتحاد، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
ازتپش صبح دمتادل شب كار وكاريك نفس وبي امانپاي دَكَل هاي تار...همدم ما دود وبادهمدم ما خشت وخاكهمدم ما زوزه ها....اتحاد، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
منگنهء چرخ هاتيغهء دندانه هانيشتر شعله هاتسمهء پروانه هاازتن ماساختنداسكلتي سيم پيچ؛بركف ما دوختنداسلحه اي آتشين:اتحاد، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
پرشده در جام هاشيروعسل، شهد وگلخم شده بردوش مادودكش كوره ها....قسمت ما بوي رويقسمت ما زنگ مسقسمت ما سرب داغ!اتحاد، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
يخ زده در قوس برقگم شده در خاك پوكدوخته بر مته هاغلطك هرانقلاب!ما همه يك پيكريمقامت ما شير كوهجوشش ما زنده رودبرلب ما يك سرود:اتحاد،اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
خون رگِ سرخ ماغنچهء قاليچه هاجنگل فولاد ونورگلشن بازوي ما؛مرمر يك معدنيمخالق گنجينه هاشمش نَََوَرديده ايممالك زنجيرهاعزم خدا در زمينباچَكُشي آهنين!اتحاد، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
همدل وهمسوشديمازشرر نقطه جوشدرگذراز بوته هاجوشن رويينه پوشمژده رسان آمديمباگل ورنگين كماندر كف ما پينه ونيشكر وارغوانزيرقدم هاي ما....بيرق سوداگران!اتحاد،اتحاد، كار گران اتحاد!
با چه توان كوه كندارتش زحمتكشانبا چه توا ن ره كشيديكسره تا كهكشان؟اتحاد، اتحاد، كارگران اتحاد!
"هادي مومني" "1360"
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