Baraye

For You

Baraye

For you to dance in the alleyBarāye tūye kūche raqsidan
For you to be afraid of being on timeBarāye tarsidan be vaqt-e būsidan
For my sister, your sisterBarāye khāharam khāharet khāharāmūn
For changing the minds that have been washedBarāye taghyir-e maghz-hā ke pūsidan
For embarrassment, For freeBarāye sharmandegi, Barāye bi-pūli
For the longing for an ordinary lifeBarāye hasrat-e yek zendegi-ye ma'mūli
For the wandering child and his sorrowsBarāye kūdak-e zobālegard o ārezūhāsh
For this constitutional economyBarāye in eqtesād-e dastūri
For this gloomy atmosphereBarāye in havā-ye ālūde
For the Vali-Asr and the ancient treesBarāye Vali-'asr o derakht-hāye farsūde
For Piruz and the possibility of his victoryBarāye Pirūz o ehtemāl-e enqerāzesh
For the innocent dogsBarāye sag-hāye bi-gonāh-e mamnū'e
For the endless criesBarāye gerye-hāye bi-vaqfe
For the picture of repeating this momentBarāye tasvir-e tekrār-e in lahze
For the laughing facesBarāye chehre-'i ke mikhande
For the learners, For the futureBarāye dānesh-āmūz-hā, Barāye āyande
For this forced paradiseBarāye in behesht-e ejbāri
For the elite prisonersBarāye nokhbe-hāye zendāni
For the Afghan childrenBarāye kūdakān-e Afghāni
For all this non-repetitionBarāye in hame barāye gheire tekrāri
For all these empty poemsBarāye in hame sho'ār-hāye tū-khāli
For the sound of the straw housesBarāye āvār-e khāne-hāye pūshāli
For the feeling of comfortBarāye ehsās-e ārāmesh
For the sun after long nightsBarāye khorshid pas az shab-hāye tūlāni
For the tired and sleepless nervesBarāye qors-hāye a'sāb o bi-khābi
For men, homeland, eternityBarāye mard, mihan, ābādi
For the girl who wanted a boyBarāye dokhtari ke ārezū dāsht pesar būd
For woman, life, freedomBarāye zan, zendegi, āzādi
For freedomBarāye āzādi
For freedomBarāye āzādi
For freedomBarāye āzādi