Arash the Archer

…. He and I strive to be together and build our cabin of love, and we do not allow the foolish bet between Manouchehr and Afrasiab over setting the borders of Iran to create distance and separation between us. What pertained to Arash was done; he sacrificed his life to shoot the arrow into the river and hand it to me. Now, if I do not take his arrow further and protect my future wife and children, the fault is mine, not his. He had only one life, which he gave for love. From now on, the story is about my life, my thought, and my prudence; if I want him, those children, that dream house, and that language, I must shoot Arash’s arrow with my bow…