Chahar-Beyti · Four-Couplet
Winner
Vahid Nazemi
Your being means that you won — in a race, to be alive,
Like a dead person, you are — if you miss what you derive.
How can a bee complain — in the centre of beehive,
As a member of the world — turn four at least to five.
Happiness will be away — when you let sadness thrive,
For fallen wilted petal — no other chance to revive.
Be a rock, not a grain — an eagle ready to dive,
Look to your injured soul — where did you want to arrive?