中国大好き

A Yu

MASKS! MASKS! MASKS!

In an Iranian movie

I see masses of people in demonstrations,

suddenly I exclaim:

They didn’t wear face masks back then!

Then I pick up my phone,

go on looking for face masks,

until my wife loudly repeats:

Veils! Veils! Veils!

Then I finally get it.

2/17/2020

Translated by MW, May 2020

A Yu

MUNDSCHUTZ! MUNDSCHUTZ! MUNDSCHUTZ!

In einem iranischen Film

seh ich Menschenmengen in Demonstrationen.

Ich ruf unwillkürlich aus,

die haben doch früher keinen Mundschutz getragen!

Dann nehm ich das Handy,

such weiter nach Masken,

bis meine Frau laut wiederholt:

Schleier! Schleier! Schleier!

Dann reagier ich erst.

17. Februar 2020

Übersetzt von MW im Mai 2020

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