After all,
I see you have become greater,
nicer, sweeter,
It took me a life until I could break you down and build you up,
While I was breaking and re-building myself.
I know, all the time you were there too,
But please accept that
you were small and short-minded,
the same way I was, of course.
OK, I know we two were greater than many,many, many others,
But not what we deserved to be,
We should have been able to fly
but a selfish world was trapping us,
because we were not large enough for its trap,

it was then that you asked me to break us down,
and you see that I did,
you see that we broke,
in pieces, in ashes.
and we built ourselves again,
OK, sure, I know:
in the way you wanted us to be,
and I confess that
I did not have a damn idea of
how we are going to be,
Sure, I am going to say that too,
I was anxious and impatient,
and you were trying to calm me down,
and I was getting more anxious,
I know all of these,
but you should remember: I was patient too,
I built us up again,
OK, sure, the way you wanted us to be,
but, I did it with all my pains from breakings, I biult up again,
you saw that with suffering all those furious injuries,
I did not remain in the ruins of you and me,
and re-build us,
and again we became me an you,

But, this time, I made you gretaer,
and now you are greater than
Mohammad's wishy-washy god,
Jesus' happy-go-lucky god,
Moses' sadistic god,
you are greater than
all thousand-type gods of
Hindu, and Greece, and Rome,
and now, you almighty,
I am wondering that did I make you,
or you made me?
forget it,
we collapsed together,
and raised up together,
to not give a damn to all the world,
and love and love...

and poor satan,
who thaught that there is an end to love.

Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla Solo

Not killing a bill but killing a deomcracy!

This is a news which sheds a light on hidden flaws of democracies. What Senate of Canada did to kill the climate change bill is a very unfortunate fact that tells me that believing in democracy as a perfect system to govern a human society is just a naive dream. However, many believe that such a thing only happens in Canada which has an absolutely malfunctioning democratic system.

What is so striking is the similarity between the way the system of legislation functions in both Canada (a so-called democracy) and in Iran (a so-called dictatorship):

- In Iran
1.The supreme leader chooses the guardian council;
2.The Council evaluates and confirms the credibility of parliament candidates;
3.Elected MPs legislate;
4.Legislations ought to be verified by the Guardian Council.

- In Canada
1.Prime minister Chooses the senators;
2.Elected MPs legislate;
3.Legislations ought to be verified by the Senate.

You see the difference is not much, there is only one piece in the chain which if added to the Canadian system makes it exactly same as Iranian. Let's see if Prime Minister Harper is going to that too.

Yesterday, when I listened to some exchanges between NDP's leader and the prime minister, I was shocked that Harper did not even say one word in defense of democracy in Canada or on the harm he imposed to the democratic process of legislation here; He was just talking about how harmful the climate change bill could be to the Canada's economy. Is this because he thinks Canadians care more about their salaries than their freedom? Isn't This so insulting!

Blithe

I am very honest,
I see no way you will stand me,
I am so blithe,
with no excitement to have you,
with no regret to lose you.
Believe me,
This shining delight is not from you,
It is from here, within me.
Now, go away my beloved,
It is so tough to live with me.

Shams Tabrizi
Translated by Mehrdad

No way back

Since I have been here,

neither I am a believer,

nor even a skeptic.

I watch myself thoroughly,

I dig myself deeply,

but I find no clue:

what was my father’s religion?

what was my mother’s nationality?

did I have any faith in anything?

Don’t you see that?

There is no way back then anymore,

you left me nothing here:

not even a head to turn it back,

not even two feet to walk me there.


Shams Tabrizi
Translated by Mehrdad