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Iran: Resistance and Music - New Shajarian Song "Language of Fire"
Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 11:35
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We have followed the story of the legendary classical Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, who forebade Iranian state media from playing his music after President Ahmadinejad, in his election "victory" statement, called the opposition "dust".
Shajarian has just released a new single and it has been set to video by opposition activists. (Warning: some of the images are graphic.) The lyrics follow the video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3BLcos6OPI[/youtube]
Lay down your gun,
As I hate this very abnormal shedding of blood.
The gun in your hand speaks the language of fire and iron,
But I, before this fiendish tool,
Have nothing but, the language of the heart,
The heart full to the brim with love for you,
Who are in love with the enemy.
The language of fire and iron is the game of fury and bloodshed.
It is the language of Genghis Khan.
Come, sit down, talk, hear.
Perhaps the light of humanity will get through to your heart, too.
My brother, if you want me, sit down for a brotherly chat.
Lay down your gun,
So that the human-killer leaves your body
How much do you know about the ethics of humanity?
If God has bestowed the soul, why then you take it away?
Why, in the twilight of ignorance,
Do you want to roll and wrap up your brethren in dirt and blood,
The God-given soul?
Let's suppose you are right, my brother, in seeking and telling right and correct things.
But we ought to not seek even righteous things through the fire-spewing gun.
If it once happens that the pangs of conscience bother you,
Then lay down your gun.
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We have followed the story of the legendary classical Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, who forebade Iranian state media from playing his music after President Ahmadinejad, in his election "victory" statement, called the opposition "dust".
Shajarian has just released a new single and it has been set to video by opposition activists. (Warning: some of the images are graphic.) The lyrics follow the video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3BLcos6OPI[/youtube]
Lay down your gun,
As I hate this very abnormal shedding of blood.
The gun in your hand speaks the language of fire and iron,
But I, before this fiendish tool,
Have nothing but, the language of the heart,
The heart full to the brim with love for you,
Who are in love with the enemy.
The language of fire and iron is the game of fury and bloodshed.
It is the language of Genghis Khan.
Come, sit down, talk, hear.
Perhaps the light of humanity will get through to your heart, too.
My brother, if you want me, sit down for a brotherly chat.
Lay down your gun,
So that the human-killer leaves your body
How much do you know about the ethics of humanity?
If God has bestowed the soul, why then you take it away?
Why, in the twilight of ignorance,
Do you want to roll and wrap up your brethren in dirt and blood,
The God-given soul?
Let's suppose you are right, my brother, in seeking and telling right and correct things.
But we ought to not seek even righteous things through the fire-spewing gun.
If it once happens that the pangs of conscience bother you,
Then lay down your gun.
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