Moon and Tiger

From the time of his birth on a spring night, in that vast plain, while the smell of rain-fed grass filled the air, he saw the beautiful face of the moon in a clear sky, and the strange and great feeling of that unique being nurtured in his heart. When he asked his parents for the first and last time about that face, it was as if he had committed an unforgivable sin covers.

The time of childhood is now over - maturity and apprenticeship in hunting are over, and the father has given him independence, which, like the sign of an army, is so great that it is as if the trees are afraid of - But he had another intoxicated heart. All these memories were on the slope of a high mountain whose peak was next to the face of the moon, and the only way to reach it was a beauty - it was traversed by pebbles every step of the way - but when the monsoon clouds passed, the memories were scattered. Now he was the only one left and the beautiful face of the moon was in front of him and it was not clear that it was far away or close - it is rocky or it could have been loved alone because he connected it to himself and brought the body to life, sometimes he felt his soul came out faster than him. He gives up and is afraid; Not from death: From not reaching because without a failed soul he will be on the way. So it increases its speed more.

Some time has passed, despite his great strength and skill in hunting and running, he had never been able to maintain this speed for more than a minute, but this time it seems as if he is rushing towards his beloved at his highest speed for hours, and of course, he does not reach it. It is not more than a few steps away from the highest point of the mountain, but it is as if a strange event happened that he did not expect (as he approached the peak). The moon is far from the summit)). A moment of doubt takes over his existence, he does not know what to do or soon to keep himself and control the situation or ...- No!

Wait … There is another way, he has always had long jumps. Can he ride on the back of the moon without slowing down and jumping … He does not think much, only a moment after rising high towards the moon, he says to himself that if there is only the slightest possibility of reaching this way, he has made the best choice of his whole life. As he walks in the sky, he looks at the moon as if the moon is laughing at him and opening his arms, but their distance still does not decrease, and this is a question he does not want to think about. But the truth becomes clear in his mind. When it falls into a deep valley. A little he remembers, her parents, but soon threatens herself not to regret - the leopard belongs not to itself but the moon. He hits the first rock from the high wall of the valley and wants to shout; He is afraid that the moon will become my enemy.

Soon the sharp, cutting stones of the depths of the valley tore his head and body. At the bottom of the valley, he stands on a rough rock with such an ancient sticker embedded in his body. A faint light illuminates his bloodshot eyes, he proudly looks for the moon so that he is not harmed in this incident when he sees the moon coming to the edge of the valley and looks at him with concern. He gathers all his strength to tell the moon not to worry - turn around - leave him alone and do not look at this violent scene, lest there be any damage to the delicate spirit of the moon,
while the leopard ends up staring eyes...

picture from Kourosh Yaghmaie' albom(iran song)