Persian → English transcript

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I sing lullabies at night for your dolls on my lap, your dolls you

I carry you around the house in my arms, your New Year’s dress your dad has

bought for you, my daughter, weren’t we supposed to go buy you a flower

crown? Is your place good, my daughter, with those who flew away,

a few of your dear friends who disappeared a few days ago this year?

Tell me, with what heart should I throw you a birthday, for the joy in your

eyes? I swear I wish I would die, someone gently

lay her in the soil, in her blood, lay her down peacefully, my flower,

her face is so delicate, come, put a pillow

under her head, someone gently lay her in the soil, in

her blood, lay her down peacefully, my flower, her face is so delicate,

come, put a pillow under her head, lullaby,

Lullaby, flower,

mother, sleep with this torn-apart body, lullaby, lullaby, flower in a flowerpot,

where did you go, little girl, you who took my life, you took

my hope and my blood, lullaby, lullaby, how sad it is, I should die, on your hair

there is soil, oh, lullaby, lullaby, flower of my Iran, I would have died too,

dear mother, someone gently lay her in the soil, in

her blood, lay her down peacefully, my flower, her face is so

delicate, come, put a pillow under her head, someone gently

Lay him in his soil, in his blood, lay him down gently

My flower, his face is so delicate, come put a pillow under his head

Lay it down