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The Bird Knows ...

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Sepideh Q.

Free Account, Tehran

The Bird Knows ...

The Bird Knows ...

The beauteous fancy of flight in the freshness of clouds,
is a dream.
The bird in its cage,
beholds the color and beauty of image of the garden.
The bird knows,
that the wind is breathless
and the garden is an image.
The bird in its cage,
DREAMS

**Poem by: Hushang Ebtehaj** , Persian contemporary poet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushang_Ebtehaj

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Ingrid H 21/05/2012 7:36
huge congrats for such a great pic, dear sepideh!!!! sorry, I just found it NOW... wishing you a great time!!! bye, ingrid h
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MIROSLAV JOVANOVIKJ 11/05/2012 12:31
Very nicely composed with great idea!
It's pleasure to see your shots!!!
Regards, M...
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Susanne Jeroma 08/05/2012 15:17
oh, what a wonderful picture sepideh!
beautiful!!!

glg!
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Denis- 08/05/2012 7:54
Joli shoot !
Compliments.
Amicalement.
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Mark Billiau. 07/05/2012 15:54
Pretty nice capture of this birdie !!

Mark
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Nader Pakbaz 07/05/2012 9:29
khili zibast

dar lahze
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s. sabine krause 06/05/2012 10:56
wow, this is such a beautiful symbiosis between image and words, sepideh!! and thank you so much for introducing me to the powerful poetry of hushang ebtehaj and his melancholy and bitter-sweet lines about the bird in captivity who senses the dangers of the outside world, perceives the garden outside as an image and yet in his dreams allows himself to transcend the bars of comfort, to enter the image, to go even beyond the image and leave the sluggish safety of the cage behind to feel the breathlessness of the wind, be breathless himself, restless, forever hungry and in peril but free – in his dreams… prisoner of the heart! knowing and bearing is so much harder than not knowing… – – love the doubtful little wink the desperate little dreamer ; )) is giving us, while looking down at an abundance of food, and how he looks "almost free" with no visible bars or fence around him and a hint of the city and its dangers (cars, for example! ; ) in the back! hugs, sabine. p.s.: when i read the "the bird knows", its mood made me think of rilke's "the panther" once again. have quoted it many times before. too bad it's in german! ; )) found a nice little "translation project" on youtube, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rRV6L5YFJY
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Adele D. Oliver 06/05/2012 3:15
A beautiful image of this pretty little bird - together with the background of cars your image tells a story, and the beautiful words of your poet fit so well. Nice one, Sepideh !!!
greetings, Adele
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BRYAN CRUTE 05/05/2012 20:41
Such a beautiful shot, so sweet :-)

Regards
Bryan
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Vera M. Shulga 05/05/2012 16:39
well catch!
well captured of this little white bird.
wonderful photo and wonderful poem
regards, Vera
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Alfred Schultz 05/05/2012 13:54
Salam Sepideh,
Though I am not a bird, I know that this is a very good photograph.
With the cars parked in the background, I suspect that the picture was taken in a (your) city?
Best wishes - A.
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