Fallen Hero Mohammad Reza Karami; Hot Lead upon the Chest of the Zagros
Death Mohammadreza Karami 16 years old in Iran Ilam Malekshahi
Written by: Mikhak Sepid
The Wail of the Sorna over the Earth of Gol-Zard The bitter wind of 15 February (26 Bahman) swept down from the craggy ridges of Malekshahi, weaving through the ancient pines and oaks of the cemetery. The frail afternoon sun lacked the strength to warm the cold tombstones; it was as though the sky itself stood watching over Gol-Zard in a muted, ash-gray silence. Yet this silence did not endure. The heavy, low thrum of the dohol drum reverberated like the pounding of an enraged heart within the chest of the earth, and immediately in its wake, the searing, protracted wail of the sorna tore through the air. The melody undulating across the grounds was no ordinary lamentation; it was the ancient cadence of Chamari, a bitter and heroic dirge that the Zagros mountains reserved only for fallen champions and slender cypresses felled in their youth. The women of the clan stood lined in a ring around the grave, draped in sweeping garments of pitch-black. The dried mud and dark earth smeared over their heads, shoulders, and collars—a tribal emblem of absolute ruin and inconsolable grief—only sharpened the gaunt contours of their sun-weathered faces. Their hands rose and fell upon their chests…
محمدرضا کرمی · نراتا · ایلام · ملکشاهی
