Last week, 176 people were killed after Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Tehran, including eight people from the North Shore.
A Spoken word artist named Maryam Zarenejad was moved to write a piece imagining a passenger on Flight 752 saying goodbye to their mother, which the North Shore News has republished below in both English and Farsi versions.
Farsi Version
禺丿丕丨丕賮馗 賲丕丿乇!
乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲 鬲丕 賯賱亘賽 鬲讴賴 倬丕乇賴 丕夭讴賵趩賽 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 丕賻賲 乇丕 賵氐賱賴 倬蹖賳賴 丕蹖 讴賳賲 賵 亘乇诏乇丿賲.乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲 賲乇賴賲蹖 亘賴 夭禺賲賴丕蹖 丿賱賲 亘诏匕丕乇賲 鬲丕 亘鬲賵丕賳賲 亘乇丕蹖 賲亘丕乇夭賴 亘丕 爻禺鬲蹖賴丕蹖 賲爻蹖乇 倬乇 爻賳诏賱丕禺 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 丌賲丕丿賴 亘丕卮賲. 丿賱賲 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 讴賳丕乇鬲 亘賲丕賳賲 賲丕丿乇貙 賵賱蹖 亘丕 趩卮賲丕賳蹖 诏乇蹖丕賳 賲乇丕 乇丕賴蹖 讴乇丿蹖 賵 诏賮鬲蹖: " 亘乇賵 毓夭蹖夭賲! 倬乇賵丕夭 讴賳 鬲丕 丿乇 丕賲丕賳 亘丕卮蹖貨 卮丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳噩丕 噩賳诏 亘卮賵丿!... 亘乇賵 賳丕夭賳蹖賳賲貙 賳賲丕賳! 亘乇賵...! " 賴賵丕倬蹖賲丕蹖賲 讴賴 亘賱賳丿 卮丿貙賳賮爻 乇丕丨鬲蹖 讴卮蹖丿蹖貙 丿爻鬲丕賳 賱乇夭丕賳鬲 乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 丌爻賲丕賳 亘賱賳丿 讴乇丿蹖 讴賴 : " 禺丿丕蹖丕 卮讴乇貙 賮乇夭賳丿賲 丿乇 丕賲丕賳 丕爻鬲." 趩卮賲丕賳鬲 乇丕 亘爻鬲蹖 鬲丕 丿賱 賳诏乇丕賳鬲 賯丿乇蹖 丌乇丕賲 诏蹖乇丿 讴賴 禺亘乇 乇爻蹖丿貙 丿蹖诏乇 丕卮讴賴丕蹖鬲 鬲丕 丕亘丿 禺卮讴 賳禺賵丕賴賳丿 卮丿貙 鬲賵 丿乇 睾賲賽 丿賵乇蹖 賵 倬乇賵丕夭賲 睾賵胤賴 賵乇亘賵丿蹖 讴賴 賮賴賲蹖丿蹖 賮乇夭賳丿鬲貙 賳賴 亘賴 丌賳 爻賵蹖 丿賳蹖丕 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕亘丿蹖 讴賵趩 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
賲乇丕 讴賴 乇丕賴蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿蹖 丌蹖丕 蹖丕丿鬲 賳亘賵丿貙 讴賴 賲丕 賴蹖趩 讴噩丕 丿乇 丕賲丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲蹖賲責 亘丕 禺賵丿鬲 賳蹖賳丿蹖卮蹖丿蹖 讴賴 賲丕 蹖丕 丿乇噩賳诏 賲蹖 賲蹖乇蹖賲貙 蹖丕 丿乇 丿乇蹖丕 睾乇賯 賲蹖 卮賵蹖賲貨 蹖丕 賴賵丕倬蹖賲丕蹖賲丕賳 爻賯賵胤 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 蹖丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 噩丕丿賴 賴丕 鬲賱賮 賲蹖 卮賵蹖賲.
禺丿丕丨丕賮馗 賲丕丿乇噩丕賳貨 丿賵爻鬲鬲 丿丕乇賲. 禺賵卮丨丕賱賲 讴賴 丌禺乇蹖賳 鬲氐賵蹖乇蹖 讴賴 賯亘賱 丕夭 倬乇賵丕夭 丿乇 禺丕胤乇賲 亘賵丿 氐賵乇鬲 賲賴乇亘丕賳賽 鬲賵 亘賵丿. 亘乇丕蹖鬲 丌乇夭賵蹖 氐亘乇 賵 亘乇丿亘丕乇蹖 丿丕乇賲. 禺丿丕丨丕賮馗 倬丿乇賲貙 丿蹖诏乇 賳诏乇丕賳 賲賳 賳亘丕卮貙 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 亘鬲賵丕賳蹖 睾賲 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賳賲 乇丕 鬲丕亘 亘蹖丕賵乇蹖 賵 禺丿丕丨丕賮馗 賵胤賳賲貙 丌乇夭賵 賲蹖 讴賳賲 讴賴 " 禺丿丕賵賳丿 鬲賵 乇丕貙 丕夭 丿卮賲賳貙 丕夭 禺卮讴 爻丕賱蹖 賵 丕夭 丿乇賵睾 丨賮馗 賳賲丕蹖丿" 禺丿丕丨丕賮馗!!!
賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 鬲賵爻胤 賲乇蹖賲 夭丕乇毓 賳跇丕丿
English Version
Goodbye mom.
I had gone to Iran to patch my torn heart from the impact of forced migration and come back. I had gone to soothe the sores of my heart preparing to continue the battle against the challenges of immigration.
Mom, I wanted to stay with you longer but you sent me away with your tearful eyes saying that: “go my dear, I want you to be safe and secure in Canada, maybe a war will happen here, go my dear, go baby, go to your safe home.”
When the plane took off, you took a deep breath and raised your hands to the sky saying: “Thank God, now my child is safe.”
You sent me across the world but you didn’t know that I would be flying to heaven.
Mom, when you sent me away, you didn’t remember that we are Middle Eastern children and we are not safe anywhere in the world. We are either killed in war, drowned in the sea, killed on roads or in plane crashes.
Goodbye mom! I am glad that your image was the last thing that I had in my mind. I wish you patience.
Goodbye dad! Don’t worry about me anymore. I hope you can endure losing me.
Goodbye Iran! May God protect you from the enemies, lies and drought.
Goodbye!
Read more from the
