Number 7

Iraqi style
English

Number 7

That sun with its sweet yellow glow shone over field and thicket, while I set my snare, hoping to hunt. Suddenly I fell into that very trap myself, and the snare, the traps, and all my gear slipped from my mind.
Explanation: This appears to be in a regional Persian dialect; 'nojir' refers to hunting or hunting tools, and the poem plays on the hunter becoming the hunted.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۷

خور او زردی شرین به کوشن و هیر که دام انداتمی اج رای نجیر
ناگهان هاکتم به دام اویان دام و نجیر و هیرم بشود اج ویر