A Humble Tribute To Dr Said Fatemi

(In an Idiosyncratic Form, a Combination of Sonnet and Ghazal) No one can describe you aptly. Men like you are few and rare. The languages we people speak mirror our worlds everywhere, Reflect our own good and bad traits, our various attributes. You are beyond our words or worlds. We're humans and thus may err. Whoever considers you great for your closeness to a man Who was so great in his own way [1] is totally unaware Of your grandeur the like of which we can't detect in others, Belittles you unwittingly, his judgment is most unfair. You, among all in our own time, only with your brave uncle, [2] That immortal, devout hero, people should ever compare And that lioness [3] who raised you in her chaste and noble lap, The stout lady who turned a king’s life into a worst nightmare. May you live long, nothing your health and your mirth ever impair, Your paradise of loyalty [4] be free of trouble and care! 11.19.’15 Notes — Dr. Fatemi: Interpreter and the Secretary of Dr. Mossaddeq’s Staff at the Hague tribunal 1. Dr. Mohammad Mossaddeq 2. The martyred Dr. Hossein Fatemi, deputy prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs in Mossaddeq's cabinet 3. Dr. Saïd Fatemi’s saintly mother 4. Alluding to Dr. Minoo Varzegar, his devoted wife or guardian angel This is merely a token of a former student’s faithfulness to a most distinguished professor of French and comparative literature, an outstanding author, journalist, statesman, politician and social activitist, among others, and, above all, a highly chivalrous soul and heroic athlete, though he is needless of such a humble homage. It should not, however, be taken as a document of attachment to his political stance to which hereby any affiliation is disavowed. No comments, please!