Our "Great" Pahlevan - "Takhti"

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by Shaer
14-Apr-2008
 

The Great Pahlevan, Descending From Heaven ..
With The Might Of God, His Spirit Willing ..

His Strength Girded, His Manhood Evident ..
His Brotherhood Obvious, His Gentleness Paramount ..

I Stand In Awe, The Magnificence Of The Man ..
His Spirit, His Valor, His Humanity .,.

I Am A Poor Man, But "Rich" In His Presence ..
My Christ, My Moses, My Mohammad ..

Learnt To Wrestle, As A Boy ..
Inspired By Him, Through And Through ..

Emulated Every Move He Made, None Missed ..
Always My Hero, Never Disappointed ..

They said He Committed Suicide, Not True My Friend ..
That His Wife Broke His Heart, Not True My Friend ..

That He Was This, That And The Other ..
Not True My Friend, Not True My Friend ..

May God "Curse", Every Single Person ..
Who had A Hand In His Death, Through and Through ..

May The same Tragedy, Befall Their Very Own And Ilk ..
Murdered Our Savior, The Great Pahlevan ..

My Pahlevan, I Love You, I Always Will ..
Inspired My Generation, Every Single One ..

Modeled Myself after You, In Every Respect ..
To Be A Man, Caring For Others ..

Every Time A Decision, Asked What Would You Do ..
When In Doubt, Wondered How Would You Think ..

If God Told Me To "Worship" You, I "Would" ..
If Mohammad was A "Prophet", You Are An "Angel" ..

Rest In Peace My Brother, Till We "Meet" Again ..
Your "Spirit" Is Within Me, Till We "Meet" Again ..

Other Than "Mossadeq", You Are Our "Greatest" Hero ..
Both Of You My Brother, Betrayed Through And Through ..

Rest In Peace My Brother, Till We Meet Again ..
"Our" ..

"Love" ..
"For" ..

"You" ..
"Ever-Lasting" ..

"Rest" In Peace My Brother ..
"Till" ..

"We" ..
"Meet" ..

"Again" ..

Shae'r
Copyright ©2008 Shae'r

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Hassan Jan

by Shaer on Tue Apr 15, 2008 01:22 PM PDT

When I Was Growing Up In Iran, Before Takhti's Death, There Were Great Many "Rumors" That The Old Regime Was "Envious" Of The "Popularity" Of Takhti ..

Some Even Said That His "Popularity" Posed some Type Of A "Threat" To The Regime ..

In My Mind, It Is Possible, That They Made Things So "Difficult" For Him That He Took His Own Life ..

This, However, Is Not "Suicide" But "Homicide" ..

When A Regime Makes Things So Difficult For A Citizen Such That He/She Decides To Take His/Her Life To escape The "Misery", Then That Is Not "Suicide" ..

Not Even In "God's" Eyes ..

Again, Knowing What I Know Of Takhti, He Was "Incapable" Of Taking His Own Life For Any Other Reason But For The One  That I Have Just Mentioned ..

Pure And Simple ..

Again, Thanks For Your Comment .. :)


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Honest Hassan

To: Shaer jaan

by Honest Hassan on Tue Apr 15, 2008 01:02 PM PDT

I feel your love for the great man in your writing, and , believe me,I empathize with you.  You say :"He Was Not That Type Of A Person". By the type, I assume , you mean "Sadegh Hedaayat" type. In reality, baraadar, they never are. Just like when the body gets infected, and reacts, the mind  sometimes goes out of balance, and the person decides to end it all.  I don't know why you find it so difficult to accept( although I do not know for sure if, in fact) he committed suicide. But I know  there is a taboo around mental health, for us Iranians. For us, you are either "deevooneh", "mashang"( a milder version of "deevooneh"), and "aadee"(normal)!! And Takhti was normal, and normal people don't kill themselves!  Takhti can be the man of people, and stand for all our 'javaanmardee' and 'pahlevaanee' and'mardoonegee' values, and at the same time, because of some crisis, and some psychlogical issues, decide to end his life.  As much as you and millions of Iranians, I am sure, loved this man, I doubt you knew him or loved him as much as his family did. My father is no Takhti, but if they tell me he committed suicide, I won't rest until I get to the bottom of it, and if I suspect otherwise, I'll let the world know.  His family has been quiet about it. That tells me they may be aware of the circumstances surrounding his death - it was not murder- and despite the masses' desire to turn him into a mythical figure, a martyr, they want Takhti to be left in peace.  That's my assessment. I may be wrong.

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Shaer

Hassan Jan

by Shaer on Tue Apr 15, 2008 09:06 AM PDT

Thank You For Your Comment ..

As A Kid, I Always Admired Takhti ..

His Personality, "Shakhsiat", Everything About Him ..

It Is "Inconceivable" For Me To "Accept" The Fact That He Committed "Suicide" ..

For Him To Have Committed Suicide Means That He Went "Against" Everything That We Truly Loved About Him ..

He Was Not That Type Of A Person ..

It's Really That Simple ..

Tks Again .. :)


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Honest Hassan

Great poem!

by Honest Hassan on Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:08 AM PDT

Great poem! About a great athlete!

Very sentimental!

However, regarding his death, wouldn't you think his family at least bolster the claim that he was murdered? And yet they never have.

 Not every famous person who dies, is murdered!

When, not even their kids claim that they were killed, who are we to keep insisting Dr. Shariati, Takhti, or even Ahmad Khomeini were murdered?? 

Or the kids don't care as much as WE do?

Or they are misguided?

Or, they were part of conspiracy too?

Oh, I know, ...they are all still too scared to speak up!


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Shaer

Please Enjoy This Video Of Takhti

by Shaer on Mon Apr 14, 2008 04:11 PM PDT

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=myrWy-MPzOQ

And, Keep His Memory Alive .. :)


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Shaer

Please Read

by Shaer on Mon Apr 14, 2008 03:13 PM PDT

I have put together three (3) Collections of Poems on the following themes:

I. Encouragement and Healing, with thirty seven (37) Poems;

II. Truth, with three (3) Poems; and,

III. Having Arrived, with seven (7) Poems.

Many people have already responded to get the Collections. If you are interested, please e-mail me through Iranian.com, and I will send you all three (3) Collections as soon as I receive your e-mail.

To e-mail me, go to my Blog, at the link below, and after logging in, Click on the Tab Contact on top Of the page:

//iranian.com/main/member/shaer

Again, Many Thanks .. :)


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