Poem: Where Is My Boat Captain? by Soodabeh Saeidnia

Where Is My Boat Captain? by Soodabeh Saeidnia

Rings of a golden necklace
Hanging on the blue neck
The sun is sparkling
Shimmering strands, here and there

Pieces of silver cloud
Brilliant cuts on top
Soar on coastal winds
Across the sea, here and there

Footprints on gravel
Disappear one by one
Scallops are traveling
On the waves, here and there

Childhood’s memorized
Making cottage in size
Riding a horse of wood
And wheels, here and there

Happy children of the town
Hiding their hands behind
With the gentle sound of the captain
Dancing on the boats, here and there

Knock and plink of the board
Took the captain to the shore
Sometimes in a canoe,
Sometimes on a boat
Made us all sit, here and there

But oppression of the time
Broken my canoes’ boards
On my cottage windows,
Dust of life, here and there

Now, the old boats abandoned
On the side of the town
Captains call the brand new ones
By the other names, here and there

In the childhood memories
We still run on the beach
Hiding among the bushes
Riding the horses, here and there

The secret of tulips
Can be said to poppies
Scallops can be hidden
Under a pile of sand, here and there

You can sleep under the sun
With a generous breeze
Listening to the tales of fairies
By lovely shells, here and there

Now, the imaginary shells
No roaring of the waves
On the hot sand of the fate,
Where is my boat captain?!
Where is my tail, here and there?