Stop Throwing My Country to the Wind
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March 17, 7:45 pm
Stop Throwing My Country to the Wind
Tehran Halts Travel By Poet Called 'Lioness Of Iran'
Simin Behbahani wrote "Stop Throwing My Country to the Wind," a poem adding her voice to that of the protesters:
Stop this extravagance, this reckless throwing of my country to the wind. The grim-faced rising cloud will grovel at the swamp's feet.
Stop this screaming, mayhem and bloodshed. Stop doing what makes God's creatures mourn with tears.
My curses will not be upon you, as in their fulfillment. My enemies' afflictions also cause me pain.
You may wish to have me burned, or decide to stone me. But in your hand match or stone will lose their power to harm me.
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