Where is the era of peace and security?

كجاست روزگار صلح و ايمني؟

Blossomed its delighting garden.

شكفته مرز و باغ دلگشاي او

Where is the era of peace and security?

كجاست عهد راستي و مردمي؟

Blossomed its delighting garden.

فروغ عشق و تابش ضياي او

Where is the era of companionship and equality?

كجاست دور ياري و برابري؟

Its eternal life and purity.

حيات جاوداني و صفاي او

I want the demise of war, from god, because

فناي جنگ خواهم از خدا كه شد

Survival of people is depending on it.

بقاي خلق بسته در فناي او

Praise to, the white dove of reconciliation!

زهي كبوتر سپيد آشتي 

For its song that’s so heart warming.

كه دل برد سرود جانفزاي او

It is the time for the crow of war,

رسيد وقت آنكه جغد جنگ را

To be executed at arrival of the dove of peace.

جدا كنند سر به پيش پاي او

The spring of my soul started to give blossoms,

بهار طبع من شكفته شد چو من

Since I started to admire the peace and praise her.

مديح صلح گفتم و ثناي او

(Malak-Alshoaraa-Bahaar, 1884-1951, Mashhad, Iran)

Translated and Read by: Amir H. Ghaseminejad (2006)

ملک الشعرای بهار