Your Heart

 You wake up every dawn

Throwing your heart down on the floor

Never care where you step

While you walking out the door

You die to prove you are the best to all

Believe me even angels might fall

In your mind there is a space for having fun

 Maybe you share it with someone

 But no one can pass that door

Are you afraid of being stabbed once more

In this shattered world you act so strong and tough,

But inside you tenderness lies and that's enough

Your heart is deep like an ocean

Full of love and devotion

 So please don't ignore what I'm telling you

Even though it's rough but it's still true

 What ever you do, how hard you try

No one's safe from a sad goodbye

 

Shahdad Hamedani

Fall 2008

Success

 

No more I’m scared, no more I cry

That’s the only way, get ready and try

 No more I delay, no more I shed tears

 I’ll make up my mind and put down my fears 

No more I hesitate, no more I pause

That’s the only cure, I’ll create the cause 

We shall be succeeded, I shall be so 

I promise you, its time for us to go

  

Shahdad Hamedani

 

Fall 1994                                             

هویتم...

در نثر خویش قلمم را به جا می گذارم

در راه معاش ،هویتم را

در سوگ روحم هر روز بنشسته ام

از میان ببردند زلالیش را

در این تلاطم،رهایی کجاست؟

در کجا خواهم نهاد،خویشتنم را

چاره چیست جز پیمودن این راه

تا که بازیابم آرامشم را

شهداد

بهار ۱۳۸۷

Sometimes….it`s better to say goodbye

Sometimes when she doesn’t stop yelling at you

And in your eyes the world turns sad and blue

There is nothing really you can do

                       It’s better to say goodbye

Sometimes when you think you have fought for nothing

And the days that have past by

Make you cry rather laughing

                       It’s better to say goodbye

Sometimes, no matter how do you struggle for a penny

She ignores the blisters on the sole of your feet

And complains why you don’t have the lamp and the genie

                      It’s better to say goodbye

Sometimes when you want to save the happiest memories

Mentioning her name with respect

And remind yourself wonderful stories

                      It’s better to say goodbye

Sometimes when you feel you have lost

Worked hard and paid the price

But no one stays beside you, no one to trust

                    It’s better to say goodbye

                   It’s better to say goodbye

 

Shahdad Hamedani

Summer 2008

Cross my heart

Cross my heart

Love is not blind

It’s the best thing a man can find

Cross my heart

You can’t ignore

When it comes to your door

Cross my heart

Love is like an endless ocean

Gives us dignity and emotion

Cross my heart

Love and hate are not two faces of a coin

These two, can never ever join

Cross my heart

Love is just like death

Comes all at once and holds  your breath

 

Shahdad Hamedani

Summer 2008