Fereydoun Farrokhzad - Yo Sad Easterner! (ای شرقی غمگین)

It's a song of those fellows in exile to those fellow countrymen in the motherland. Sad Easterner was first sung by Fereydoun Farrokhzad (R.I.P). The lyrics are composed by Iraj Jannati Ataaei. In it Jannati speaks of exile, homeland and the sun. He asks his fellow countrymen not to lose their hope and not to let "our sun" fade away. It's a song of hope and despair.

Why did I choose this song?
A couple of days ago I came to find a trailer of a documentary project to be made about Fereydoun Farrokhzad by DENKmal Film. On their tribute page to the artist, they asked everyone interested to sing this song and make a video clip of their singing and send it to DENKmal Film. Then on August 3rd they will release a mash-up video clip as a tribute to the artist.
Plus they asked anyone who can translate the lyrics to any language they know. So I decided to translate them to English.


Yo Sad Easterner!

Yo Sad Easterner!
When the sun shone on you,
your scent filled the rain-soaked town,
and the darkness got lost in your [dark] hair,
and the sun of freedom smiled in your eyes.
 
Yo Sad Easterner!
You're like a mountain of light,
don't let our sun fade away.
You're as pure as the morning,
and as proud as the sea.
Don't let the darkness grow stronger. (chorus)

Yo Sad Easterner!
The sun rose once again,
and her dove flew away from your roof.
You're eyes are filled with the fragrance of spring.
The smell of cornflower reminds me of you.

Yo Sad Easterner!
It's painful to die in your absence.
It's painful to see there's no way out and grind my teeth.
It's impossible to plant the flower of loneliness in a swamp.
Yet there's no time to grieve.

Yo Sad Easterner!
Winter in before me!
When you're with me,
I have no fear of rain and mud.
The song of our clapping will be heared throughout winter.
There will be no fear of the winter because it will finish soon.

Yo Sad Easterner!
The west is nothing more than that.
In its blue eyes homesickness lies.
His masculine hands are as cold as ice in winters.
Come back to my embrace and we'll return home.

Lyrics by Iraj Jannati Ataaei
Translated by Mehdi Mehtari

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Iraj Jannati Ataaei

Fereydoun Farrokhzad

Kiss Me (Ma raa Beboos)

One of the greatest Iranian love songs in the history, Kiss Me (Persian: مرا ببوس) was first broadcast by Radio Iran amidst the struggles of nationalists with the Imperial regime.
The most famous version is sung by Hasan Golnaraghi on Heydar Reghabi lyrics.
The music was composed by Majid Vafadar.(Piano by Moshir Homayoun Shahrdar and Violin by Parviz Yahaghi)
However for the first time a rather obscure singer named Parvaneh sung it in a movie.

Other Iranian singers have also covered this song including:

• Viguen
• Googoosh

Video Gallery

Original Version by Hasan Golnaraghi

Viguen

Googoosh

Lyrics

Kiss me.
Kiss me.

This is the last time I say goodbye.
May God keep you safe.
I am going to look for my destiny.
Our good times passed.
I am going to look for my destiny.

Amidst the storm I'm allied with boatmen.
I might even have to sacrifice my life to survive the storm.

I have promised my loved-one to make fire in the mountains.
I start my journey a dark night, and go through gloomy roads.

My dear one! Don't let your tears fall over your skirt because of me!

My beautiful girl! I am your guest tonight; I stay with you until you put your lips on mine.
My beautiful girl! The flash of your eyes and your innocent tears brighten up my tonight!

Translation: Mehdi Mehtari

Picture Gallery

Hasan Golnaraghi

Majid Vafadar

Parviz Yahaghi

Viguen

Googoosh

Homayoun Shahrdar

A Shelter (سقف)

Saghf (Persian: سقف)(Literary: Roof) is one of the most beautiful Iranian songs. It was first performed by Farhad Mehrad in the 1970s. The lyrics are composed by  Iraj Jannati Ataei , one of the dominant literary figures of contemporary Persian literature.

Here I have translated the lyrics to English:

I'm thinking of a shelter

I'm thinking of a shelter, 

                        a shelter with no holes on its roof,

                        a sturdy one, harder than iron.

                        A shelter to cover our fears,

                                        and to make us warm at cold nights.

                        A shelter as big as our hearts,

                                         to touch the beating of anxiety,

                                         to feel the delicate shame of moments,

                                         and to be filled with the smell of Petunia.

Under this shelter I speak to you of flowers, the night, and stars.

                               Of you and pleading you, I speak over and over.

I compare my life to yours under this shelter; I get lost in the deepness of your meaning to get new meanings.

But alas!

This shelter is nothing but a cloudy sky and the shortest distance between us is as long as the horizon.

I'm thinking of a shelter, a dream shelter,

                        a shelter for us, even if it is made of cardboard.

I'm thinking of a shelter, one with no holes on its roof,

                        a shelter for love, for you and I.

Under this shelter, if we ever have it, 

                                your heart will make us warm,

                                your hand will cover its holes.

Under this shelter, it's good for us to perfume the scent of self-forgetting,
                                                          to sleep with a story, to wake up with a song.
I'm thinking of a shelter...

Iraj Janati Ataei

Farhad Mehrad