Love poem - read on
25 years ago on this date I was walking back to my hotel in Isfahan in the dark - it was about 10 pm. and I had just spent a couple of hours in the Blue Mosque Square. I was appropriately garbed head to toe, not a hair showed and I thought I fitted in quite well with the locals. However, there was suddenly a tap on my shoulder and I looked round to find two men behind me, just visible in the meagre lighting from the single street light further up the street. ''We know you are a tourist'' one said and I cowered thinking I must have done something wrong. However he continued ' I am the professor of caligraphy at the local university and I wrote this love poem today. I would like you to have it as a momento of your visit.' Bless him, he even translated it for me. I wish he could know now how much I appreciate his gift. I have tried to find local Iranians who could translate it again for me but it is written in an ancient script and so far I have drawn a blank.
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