Tahereh Forsat Safai

About Tahereh Forsat Safai

Tahereh Forsat Safai, born in 1961 in Iran, holds a Ph.D. in Translation of English Language and Literature from the University of Manchester. To date, she has translated two books. She is also a poet and short story writer. Safai has lived in England for approximately 15 years and is currently residing in Kermanshah, Iran. Her translations include Follow Your Heart by Andour Mathew (2014) and Trotting in a Gloomy Plain by Mohsen Hosseinkhani (2024).

Poem by Mohsen Hosseinkhani (Translated from Persian)

By Tahereh Forsat Safai / October 2025

1.
which beautiful memory
remains inside us as much as
when our loved ones leave!
which stream will take away
the final tears of our mothers
from our memories? …