Chahar-Beyti · Four-Couplet

Master

Vahid Nazemi

In the silence and solitude — once, shout your own name,

Set your whole self free — undo every rope, chain

In solitude, feel free — fill the heart with hope again,

Turn yourself to nothing — to release life’s strain.

Laugh aloud in that nothing — clear out your brain,

Wash again your whole soul — in clean running rain.

So then spin, turn around — feel joy in your soul’s vein,

Become a master, aware — to create worthy gain.