MEDES DIASPORA

I am mourning  horses of  Ecbatan*  ;
Steeds  of Medes’ pastures
Galloping   in the meadows with thundering hooves,
and waves of  flowing manes ,
Drinking winds of the  ancient   forests; *The hotbed of  burglar gangs -now. (This is not part of the poem.")

I am mourning Mede's Court
 The education*  school of
The Cyrus the Great

I am mourning the four stalwart.,
 Tenderhearted dogs of my childhood,  "The dogs of the  old Vella."
  Brewing regal temperament
among-st  vulgar  cackles and groans.
 .
I am mourning  chambers of  theology ,
And  books of grammar -written with  Saffron waters,
  The parchments with straps and clasps ,
Of  Medieval  binding and (Razi's  Herms- head,)

I AM MOURNING  ILLITERATE BARDS,
 READING, IN INDELICATE BOOKS,
A THOUSAND  SHAHNAMEH*
 FOR OUR GLOOMY WINTER  NIGHTS,

I am mourning scholars had put trust .
 In those  creamy papyrus, and ,
 Never, in searching for Heaven,
 Taught  disciples  to hit the city for blood  ,
Or shout in the streets:
 'War is the only  act of God.'

I am mourning  my language - and my brothers,
Who are forged  in the furnace of a million  smiths,
To crown a little king, with  a giant whore.

*Ecbatana.
The image from  Wikipedia.
*Shahnama ;  Epic written by the Persian  poet Ferdowsi .
* Xenophone   - Book of Cyropaedia.

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