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People outside of iran are asking how they can help. I can suggest these options:
Be our voice, spread our stories. It's important to share what's happening in Iran as much as you can. The more people hear about it, the harder it gets for governments to deny it. Acknowledgment can be a tool here.
Have peaceful gatherings and protests in front of Iran embassy in your country of residence if possible. Obviously I don't want anyone to get in trouble but if you live in a country that allows freedom of speech and peaceful protests, do it. The sense of solidarity alone helps our courage.
Demand your government to un-recognize our government as legit. We do not know Islamic republic of Iran as our representative government, we wish other countries to stop shaking hands and welcoming Islamic republic politicians in international affairs. Iran's current government is not recognized by majority of people and it shouldn't be by other nations. You can demand this by just tweeting and posting about it.
Thank you in advance for any help you're able to do. We appreciate it.
Don't steal my time, let alone my life.
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“Night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month” (八月十五夜) Translation
(Another Mid-Autumn Festival, happy Mooncake Day to all! This post is a bit late but considering how swamped I am with work and life, it’s a miracle I remembered to post here lol….anyway please enjoy!)
Night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month (1)
By Yin Wengui (Tang dynasty, 9th century-early 10th century)
Cloudless clear heavens a mirror over the land (2),
Most perfect time for reunions (3) is Mid-Autumn.
Moonlight clinging to my garments a frosty iridescence,
And over the earth an aqueous brillance ready to flow.
Mountainous shadows in the distance chilly with dew,
Raging winds over yonder capping the waves with white.
Since you (4) illuminated my heart’s true thoughts,
The anxious man may have a carefree eve.
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Notes:
Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteeth day of the eighth month in the lunar calender.
“The land” here is “九州” (Pinyin: jiu3 zhou1) in Chinese, which literally means “nine provinces”. This is a reference to the nine original provinces that were said to make up ancient China pre-Warring States. Since the Warring States period (476-221 BC), the term “jiuzhou” is taken to mean “all of China”, hence my translation of “the land”. Synonyms include 神州/Shenzhou and 中土/Zhongtu. Not to be confused with the Japanese Kyushu, since Kyushu refers to a specific island within Japan, and Jiuzhou is a broad term for the entirety of China.
Reunion here is “团圆/團圓 ” (Pinyin: tuan2 yuan2) in Chinese, where both characters in the word denote “roundness”, and the full moon on the night of the festival is also round. This is partly why the Mid-Autumn Festival is regarded as a holiday for family and friend gatherings.
Here “you” can be interpreted to mean either the moon or a person.
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Original Text (Traditional Chinese):
《 八月十五夜 》
[唐] 殷文圭
萬里無雲鏡九州,最團圓夜是中秋。
滿衣冰彩拂不落,遍地水光凝欲流。
華嶽影寒清露掌,海門風急白潮頭。
因君照我丹心事,減得愁人一夕愁。
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