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Shervin Hajipour

Shervin Hajipour

olitical/Social Change

Personal

September 27, 2022

On September 16th 2022 Mahsa Amini a 22 year old woman was beaten to 
death by the morality police of Islamic republican of Iran and it caused an outbreak 
for the entire nation for human rights, Shervin Hajipour wrote this song with the tweets of people of Iran with the hashtag of Mahsa Amini that broke records of over 130 
million and it got 40 million views on Instagram and got deleted 24 hours later from his account by the government and he 
got arrested. He is currently in custody. 

For dancing in the alleys ¹
برای توی کوچه رقصیدن

For being scared when we are kissing ²
برای ترسیدن به وقت بوسیدن

For my sister. your sister and our sisters
برای خواهرم، خواهرت، خواهرامون

For changing the rotted brains
برای تغییر مغزهایی که پوسیدن

For embarrassment, for impoverishments
برای شرمندگی، برای بی‌پولی

For wistful wishes of having a normal life
برای حسرت یک زندگی معمولی

For the kid scavenging on rubbish dumps and his dreams
برای کودک زباله گرد و آرزوهاش

For this imperative economy
برای این اقتصاد دستوری

For this polluted air
برای این هوای آلوده

For Vali Asr ³ street and its timeworn trees 
برای ولیعصر و درختای فرسود

For Pirooz ⁴ and its endangered likelihood
برای پیروز و احتمال انقراضش

For the innocent forbidden dogs ⁵
برای سگ های بی گناه ممنوعه 

For the incessant crying
برای گریه های بی وقفه

For the image of repetition of this moment ⁶
برای تصویر تکرار این لحظه

For the face that smiles for students, for future 
برای چهره‌ای که می‌خنده برای دانش‌آموزها، برای آینده
For this compulsory paradise for the imprisoned elites for 
برای این بهشت اجباری، برای نخبه های زندانی


For Afghan kids ⁷
برای کودکان افغانی

For all of these, for these on-and-off things
برای این همه، برای غیرتکراری

For all these hollow slogans
برای این همه شعارهای توخالی 

For the ruins of these not-well-made house
برای آوار خانه های پوشالی

For the peace of mind
برای احساس آرامش 

For the sun after long nights 
برای خورشید پس از شبای طولانی

For antidepressant pills and insomnia
برای قرص های اعصاب و بی خوابی

For the men, homeland, prosperity
برای مرد، میهن، آبادی

For the girl who wished she was a boy 
برای دختری که آرزو داشت پسر بود

For the women, life and liberty
برای زن، زندگی، آزادی

And for liberty, for liberty, for liberty
برای آزادی، برای آزادی، برای آزادی

1. Dancing in the streets is banned in Iran
2. Kissing in public is banned in Iran
3. Name of the longest street in Tehran
4. Name of the lone surviving Asiatic cheetah cub
5. Taking your dogs to the streets is banned in Iran
6. Lyricist refers to Ukrainian flight PS752, shot down by I.R., and the fact that the killing of innocents is repeated daily
7. For a while, Afghan refugees in Iran could not attend school, and they were used as child labor
8. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman,_Life,_Freedom