Sleight of Hand

Ghazals by Ebrahim Amini, sharp and unsparing in their reckonings. I was fasting, and you had sugared halwa in your arms; on your lips you carried several taverns' worth of brandy. I had grown old by the time I learned your turns and bends — you had your flats and your climbs, much like life itself. Text in Dari/Persian.

Author: ابراهیم امینی

Original title: چشم بندی