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Lantern in the Sea

from Bird, and the Cage by Kamyar Arsani

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Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, synthesizer, recorded loop of recycling truck picking up at 5 am and birds singing

lyrics

By Sohrab Sepehri
Translated by Kamyar Arsani

I dripped on the grass.
I’m the sleepy dew on the star
That has dripped on the grass
My place was not here.
Lantern,
Is washing in the clamorous crib of the sea
Where goes this lantern,
This drunken lantern in love with the sea?
On the stage of a tile in a far away horizon
My eyes are whirling with a dance of angels in the fog
Whispers of the night grow in my veins.
Drunkenness rains seaweed on my thirsty wall of soul
I am a dripped star.
I have dripped from invisible eye of mistake:
Night filled with asking
And the horizon's warm body was naked.
The white vein of grass’s green marble was whispering
And the moon walked down from the blue stairs of the east.
Angels were dancing.
And their blue dresses blended with the color of horizon.
Whispers of the night got me drunk
Window of a dream opened
And she came through like a breeze

روی علف ها چکیده ام.
من شبنم خواب آلود یک ستاره ام
که روی علف های تاریک چکیده ام.
جایم اینجا نبود.
نجوای نمناک علف ها را می شنوم
جایم اینجا نبود.
فانوس
در گهواره خروشان دریا شست و شو می کند
کجا می رود این فانوس ،
این فانوس دریا پرست پر عطش مست ؟
بر سکوی کاشی افق دور
نگاهم با رقص مه آلود پریان می چرخد.
زمزمه های شب در رگ هایم می روید.
باران پر خزه مستی
بر دیوار تشنه روحم می چکد.
من ستاره چکیده ام.
از چشم نا پیدای خطا چکیده ام:
شب پر خواهش
و پیکر گرم افق عریان بود.
رگه سپید مرمر سبز چمن زمزمه می کرد.
و مهتاب از پلکان نیلی مشرق فرود آمد.
پریان می رقصیدند.

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from Bird, and the Cage, released July 15, 2022

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Kamyar Arsani Frederick, Maryland

Kamyar Arsani, a scholar of the Daf (the Iranian frame drum) is an Iranian multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Through his solo work and numerous collaborations, Arsani creates music across an array of styles, ranging from classical Persian music to genre-defying punk and electronic experimentation. ... more

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