Shervin Hajipour - برای (Barāye) (Übersetzung auf Englisch #2)

برای

Shervin Hajipour

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Übersetzung

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Sing!*

Sing of sneaking dances in secluded alleys1

Sing of fearing your life while kissing in streets 2

Sing of my sister, your sister, all sisters

Sing of trying to change the rotten minds

Sing of empty pockets, of shame

Sing of longing for a normal life

Sing of the dreams of a scavenger child

Sing of generals bossing the economy around3

Sing of the pollouted air

Sing of Valiasr street's4dying trees

Sing of Piruz 5, of Persian leopards'6doomed extinction

Sing of the innocent banned dogs7

Sing of incessant cries

Sing of an image perpetuating the moment

Sing for a laughing human face

Sing for the school children, for future

Sing of this forced paradise

Sing of the brilliant minds in jail

Sing of the Afghan kids' [miseries in Iran] 8

Sing for all of these unique 'for's

Sing of [rulers'] heaps of shallow slogans

Sing of collapsing fake material buildings 9

Sing for the peace of mind

Sing for a morning sun breaking the long nights

Sing of popping pills10, sleepless nights

Sing for man, homeland, prosperity

Sing for a girl who wished to be a boy

Sing for Woman, Life, Liberty 11

Sing for liberty

1. Dancing of women in public is forbidden by current Iranian laws
2. Non-family men and women kissing is forbidden by current Iranian laws
3. Lit. commanded economy
4. A renowned, old street in Tehran, Iran, known for its old, tall pine trees
5. A Persian leopard cub, one of the last such leopards still existing
6. A leopard subspecies native to Iranian Plateau, unofficially a symbol of country// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_pardus_tulliana
7. Walking pet dogs in cities is frowned upon by the religious rulers in Iran
8. Registering in Iranian school can be very difficult for many Afghan refugee kids
9. The original can also mean 'houses of cards'. Buildings made of non-standard materials and have non-standard designs by some opportunistic constructors were unusually damaged during earthquakes in Iran
10. prescribed antidepressants, etc.
11. a central slogan in current protests in Iran

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I use slightly modified Persian orthography in my translations.

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PhoenixOnFire am 2022-10-09 eingetragen

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*The original title literally means "[I'm singing] for/of /because of". The lines are based on tweets by Iranians talking about their living condition inside the country beginning with the keyword 'Baraye (Persian:برای) which means 'for', 'because of', 'thanks to', 'due to'. or similar meanings.
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