Hayedeh - I Love to Cry on Your Shoulders

Hayedeh (born Ma'soumh Dadehbala) was Iranian diva of classical and pop music. She was the older sister of Mahasti the famous Iranian singer. Her professional career began in 1968. She sang traditionally at first but then during the 1970s she entered the world of pop music.
I suggest you read more about Hayedeh on Wikipedia.

The song I have translated here is one of her best tracks. I Love to Cry on Your Shoulders is something between classical and pop. It was written by Ardalan Sarfaraz and composed by Farid Zoland.

Lyrics

I put my head on your kind shoulders
the sorrow of my heart fades away as I burst into tears.

My heart is full of sorrow of inhumanity.
I love to cry on your shoulders.

I love to cry on your shoulders.
I love your absence as it makes me yearn for you.

With no selfishness, and with no earthly desires,
I love you beyond these natural desires. I love you more than I do myself.
I love to cry on your shoulders.

Love has so many hairdressers, your hand is one of them.
I love to see you [as a hairdresser] in the mirror.

In solitude I daydream about your love.
I love to see you fascinated by me.

I love to cry on your shoulders.
I love your absence as it makes me yearn for you.

I spent a lifetime in Chelle* hoping to see you.
I like to break the Chelle in the arrival of your love.

I am a wandering cloud ready to cry.
You are my mountain peak.

I love to cry on your shoulders.
With no selfishness, and with no earthly desires,
I love you beyond these natural desires. I love you more than I do myself.

* Chelle is a religious religious/mystic practice during which a person secludes himself from others and lives alone in a small room. He doesn't come out for forty days. The word Chelle comes from Chehel which means 'forty' in Persian.

Lyrics by Ardalan Sarfaraz
Translated by Mehdi Mehtari

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Ardalan Sarfaraz

Farid Zoland

Hayedeh