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Kooh'Gell x Salome MC - Bashoh

from Seven Climes Vol. 1 by Salome Mc

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This track is in Southern Luri Language, spoken by a Western Iranian Luri people.

lyrics

Translation: Eagle

[Intro]
Don’t pull a bag over my head when the gallows are set up for me
So I can watch hyenas defeat a lion

[Verse 1]
This nation had a father, it wasn’t without a caravan
We used to be an eagle ourselves
Now the wing’s torn apart
The bird that can’t fly, just jumps around
We have no memories of good old days
If we were hit by a ball, we wouldn’t move for a whole day
We didn’t know what fear was, were virgins in this field
We didn’t bend to pressure brother, even if our only weapon was to retreat
To retreat, not to run
Now we’re a dried up tree
When will we be fruitful again? I don’t know
But I know we were somehow assured
Even if we were surrounded by a hundred armies of Reza Khan and British Empire
They always scratched us off the history, the judge always set us on fire
Is this world is the heaven, we’re half-burned firewood - still on fire
I kept looking and couldn’t see a sign of the Lor people
You must have had something in you that they tried to hold you down
They only used you as a shield, for their army and Basij
You’re always put on the frontlines, aren’t you, huh?
I’m one of those guerillas who wanted a burial shroud instead of traditiona Lori clothes
I’ve came out of this soil, and I’ll return to this very ground
I’m holding a gun out of necessity, and war is a message to my enemy
Otherwise those close to me have seen nothing but peace, even the unwanted guests
We’d even sacrifice a cattle for them
But you should spit on the bones who drop bombs on women and children and elderly
If you were there you’d just punch him in the mouth
The same mouth that that opened to order the missile strikes of defenseless people
They’ve forgotten us, since forever till now
But don’t laugh at these people… I know this story is not bitter for you
[Chorus]
This nation had a father, it wasn’t without a caravan
We used to be an eagle ourselves
Now the wing’s torn apart
The bird that can’t fly, just jumps around
We have no memories of good old days
If we were hit by a ball, we wouldn’t move for a whole day

[Verse 2]
The Lori people have been standing strong like a mountain since the beginning
Like Kay Lohrasb in the mountain, they’ll bury themselves in the mud but won’t accept tyranny
They shine on darkness like the sun
And they won’t back down even if they’re full of bullet holes
We stood in the middle of the war zone and still breathed
The evil had put both of his breasts in the man’s mouth
The sound of cannons were high up the skies
The shah that bombed his own people in Lorestan, paid the price for their blood
From Tamoradi Valley to Khorram Abad and Lodab, all have seen that winter
Where are you God? Untie this inextricable knot
They attacked one by one
Made the nomads of Iran run away from their own homeland
Kurds and Turks and Lors… All were called to war
I spit on the traitor dynasties that sent their messages to the foreigners
Yeah, a hundred years ago, you put our hearts in a handmade black tent
That got burned to the ground in the name of progress and civilization
You devoured nature so you can steal oil silently?
Their goal was to falsify history, to destroy our dialects and clothes and everything we got
It’s true that although nothing is as pure as our hearts
But we won’t have mercy if you encroach
We didn’t surrender… Alexander and his army were pissed
Even though we didn’t have much
Our destiny was dark but as long as we existed, we’ve shone
This nation is standing, smelling like Apiaceae
Look at Ariobarzanes of Persis, Bibi Maryam, Ali Mardan Khan
This nation stood for its right… sacrifices were made
It didn’t bow down, not to the khan, not to the demon, not to the shah, no

[Chorus]
This nation had a father, it wasn’t without a caravan
We used to be an eagle ourselves
Now the wing’s torn apart
The bird that can’t fly, just jumps around
We have no memories of good old days
If we were hit by a ball, we wouldn’t move for a whole day

credits

from Seven Climes Vol. 1, released April 20, 2021
Lyrics and Performance by: Kooh'Gell
Music composed, arranged and produced by: Salome MC
Additional Vocals by: Salome MC
Sample: Parts of the movie “Key Lohrasb”, directed by Khosro Heydari

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