Iranian Cinema: The Glass Agency

Name: The Glass Agency (1998)

Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia

Actors: Parviz Parastui , Reza Kianian , Habib Rezaee

Summery:

Abbas, a combatant of the Iraq-Iran war who is now engaged in farming, arrives in Tehran along with his wife for the medical treatment of a wound in his neck. At the bus terminal, Abbas meets a wartime commander, Haj Kazem, who decides to keep Abbas company during his treatment.

Today is Friday . 24

O’ Utmost Hope of the hopers!
O’ Ultimate Demand of the askers!

O’ Furthest Request of the requesters!
O’ Highest Desire of the desirers!

O’ Patron of the righteous!
O’ Security of the fearful!

O’ Responder to the supplication of the distressed!
O’ Storehouse of the destitute!

O’ Treasure of the pitiful!
O’ Help of the help-seekers!

O’ Accomplisher of the needs of the poor and the miserable!
O’ Most Generous of the most generous!
O’ Most Merciful of the merciful!

To You is my humble subjection and request,
to You my pleading and imploring!

I ask You
to let me attain
the repose of Your good pleasure,
and to make constant toward me
the favours of You kindness!

Here am I,
standing before the gate of Your generosity,
opening myself up to the breezes of Your goodness,
holding fast to Your strong cord,
clinging to Your firm handle!