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Sound of the Plant

from Bird, and the Cage by Kamyar Arsani

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I originally recorded this song in another album with ukulele, this time I used Daf as main instrument and mixed in a high pitch humming as bridge

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By Sohrab Sepehri
Translated by Kamyar Arsani

From the night, my roots rooted,
And dropped to the whirlpool of the sun
I was hesitant:
Opened my gate to the stone.
I lived in the ditch of existence
My intelligence did not open the night
Did not brighten my light
I lived you, faraway velocity
I let go , so the pouring of light, would roll the night over my manners
My awakening was closed in:
I was a sleep-walker on the road of watching
And there always arrived someone
From the garden
And gifted me a new-born fear
And there always came the farmer with his ax
And dropped wheat of secret by my side.
And always stayed I and the vast dark
Me and the chaos in the sun
And from the journey to the sun
I come filled with darkness
I have become a bigger shadow
And like a shadow I stand on the lip of the light
Night opens wide, smile blooms and earth wakes up
Morning exudes from clay of the sky
And the night branch of my thought bends on the edge of time

از شب ریشه سر چشمه گرفتم ، و به گرداب آفتاب ریختم.
بی پروا بودم : دریچه ام را به سنگ گشودم.
مغاک جنبش را زیستم.
هشیاری ام شب را نشکافت، روشنی ام روشن نکرد:
من ترا زیستم، شتاب دور دست!
رها کردم، تا ریزش نور ، شب را بر رفتارم بلغزاند.
بیداری ام سر بسته ماند : من خابگرد راه تماشا بودم.
و همیشه کسی از باغ آمد ، و مرا نوبر وحشت هدیه کرد.
و همیشه خوشه چینی از راهم گذشت ، و کنار من خوشه راز از دستش لغزید.
و همیشه من ماندم و تاریک بزرگ ، من ماندم و همهمه آفتاب.
و از سفر آفتاب، سرشار از تاریکی نور آمده ام:
سایه تر شده ام
وسایه وار بر لب روشنی ایستاده ام.
شب می شکافد ، لبخند می شکفد، زمین بیدار می شود.
صبح از سفال آسمان می تراود.
و شاخه شبانه اندیشه من بر پرتگاه زمان خم می شود.

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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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