“Barayeh” by Shervin | English Translation

For dancing in the streets

For the fear while kissing

For my sister, yours and ours

For changing all the rotten minds

For the shame and poverty

For yearning for a normal life

For the kid who has to dig the dumpster, and for his dreams

For the command economy

For the polluted air

For the Vali Asr Avenue and its dying trees

For “Pirooz” (Iranian cheetah cub) which is in danger of extinction

For the forbidden innocent dogs

For all the non-stop sobbings

For the dream of experiencing this lost moment, one more time

For a laughing face

For the students, for the future

For this mandatory paradise

For imprisoned intellectuals

For Afghan children

For all these distinctive reasons

For all the hollow chants

For all the rubble from this house of cards

For the feeling of peace

For the sun, rising after dark, long nights

For the insomnia and anti-anxiety drugs

For man, motherland, prosperity

For the girl who wished to be a boy

For woman, life, freedom

For freedom

For freedom

For freedom