PERHAPS ( I )

There come some rare moments
When, looking in the eyes of the wicked,
I see something
That leaves no place for hatred in my heart,
And I feel that I can love
All the people of the world.

Then I say to myself :
“Perhaps,
Not only sorrow and innocence,
But all the evil done on the earth
Are our answers to emptiness
And death!”

And it is just then that I feel
I can also hate
All the people of the world.

Mahmud Kianush

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