Nightmare

By: Farhad Pirbal

Translated by: Bawar Maroofi

Onion means carrot, in dreams
Carrot means an Imam, in dreams
Imam means the enemy, in dreams
Enemy means the evil eye, in dreams
The evil eye means an illness in dreams
Illness means a professor, in dreams
Professor means a fool, in dreams
A fool means the Omniscient, in dreams
The Omniscient means the Director General, in dreams
Director General means an ignorant apple polisher hired by the Party, in dreams
An ignorant apple polisher hired by the Party means the District Manager, in dreams
District Manager means an illiterate, in dreams
An illiterate means the District Commissioner, in dreams
District Commissioner means a call, in dreams
A call means retirement, in dreams
Retirement means the Member of Parliament, in dreams
Member of Parliament raises a hand, in dreams, once a month and his salary is 7 million Dinars
The one who raises a hand once a month and his salary is 7 million Dinars means the poor traffic police, in dreams
The poor traffic police raises a hand, in dreams, 7 million times a day while his salary is only 225 thousand Dinars!