Confiscation
Majid Naficy
They have taken my motherland from me
And now they want to confiscate
My portion of our father’s house.
But I have brought this house
With me into exile
With its four tall sycamores
And two fruitful persimmons,
With its creeping lotuses
Over the railing of the swimming pool,
With its patio and summer mosquito net,
With its spiral staircase
Coiling toward a starry roof,
With its rich dining table
Alongside our father and mother,
With the families of my three sisters
Sitting around a long dining cloth,
With my youngest sister’s bed
Under a young horse poster,
With the sleeping bundles of my two brothers
And mine spread on the carpet,
With my youngest brother in his cradle
Babbling to himself,
With my oldest brother in America
And his summertime visits ,
with my hidden books,
And no Headquarter*
Can take this house from me.
September 23, 2026
*- Referring to “The Headquarter of Imam’s Edicts” which confiscates the properties of dissidents.
مصادره
مجید نفیسی
سرزمین مادریم را از من گرفتهاند
و اینک میخواهند سهم من
از خانهی پدریمان را
مصادره کنند.
اما من این خانه را
با خود به تبعید آوردهام
با چهار چنار بلند
و دو خرمالوبن پربارش
با نیلوفر آبی پیچانش
بر نردهی کنار استخر
با بهارخواب و پشهبند تابستانیش
با پلکان مارپیچیش
خزیده به بامی پرستاره
با میز غذای رنگینش
کنار پدر و مادر
با خانوادههای سه خواهرم
نشسته گرد سفرهای بلندبالا
با تختخواب خواهر کوچکم
زیر پوستر اسبی جوان
با رختخواب دو برادرم
کنار جای من روی قالی
با برادر کوچکم در گهواره
قان قون کنان با خود
با برادر بزرگم در آمریکا
و دیدارهای تابستانیش
با کتابهای پنهانم
و هیچ ستادی نمیتواند
این خانه را از من بگیرد.
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