Translated by Soheil Najm
Edited by Mark Pirie
When I saw my head,
with a beard and long hair,
hung on a spear,
I shaved,
cut my hair,
perfumed
and went out
to court the women of
the city.
Did I delude myself
that I wasn’t the one in the picture,
whose head hung from a spear?
Edited by Mark Pirie
When I saw my head,
with a beard and long hair,
hung on a spear,
I shaved,
cut my hair,
perfumed
and went out
to court the women of
the city.
Did I delude myself
that I wasn’t the one in the picture,
whose head hung from a spear?
