Name: Ghafes
Duration: P00H03M04S
Description: This song is in Isfahani Farsi, one of the main dialects of Western Persian.

Iman Tarek x Salome MC - Ghafes

from Seven Climes Vol. 1 by Salome Mc

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This song is in Isfahani Farsi, one of the main dialects of Western Persian.

lyrics

Translation: Cage

Verse 1:
There was not a single soul answering our question
None of the mainstream thoughts in the society
We just said yes to whatever our parents told
And we turned into a nice fool at the end
Then no one asked us “what do you do now”?

Over here you can’t count on neither men nor women
You are free to tell that the freedom is forbidden
From little children to the eldest elderly,
We all go six feet under
There’s no difference between any of us after we burn

So you help yourself with the afterlife, let the current one be ours
When someone’s everyone’s idol, there’s no space for collective thinking
When the cage is the safe space, to fly is a crime
The earth prefers to swallow you whole rather than speaking
So I prefer to speak out rather than swallowing

I rarely saw the suns that are aware of the nights
All men are Eves and all women are Adams

Chorus:
Good things are not counted as good here
Enough said, I know it very well myself
None of your words have truth in them
I am tired, I am tired

Good things are not counted as good here
I want to forge my own path
None of your words have truth in them
I don’t wanna play another role anymore

Verse 2:
Boys have to hit their sisters in this society, so that the people won’t say they’re got no balls
It seems girls are like the dead, because you say it’s better not to see their beauty, huh?*
So better not to see at all,
Because the consequence of your rape is an angry child
Cry a river since everything you told your child was a lie
This dripping blood is from the holiness of your blade
You’re the phobia itself,
thinking you’re the accumulation of everything that’s good:
Conservative, Heterosexual and a consumer

Come on down! The history is full of your types
You suffocate lovers and let the thieves run amok
You have to feel assured since you’re getting paid for it
While I’m full of doubt
You won’t hear the truth if you don’t give me the right of speaking

You can’t even hear your child’s questions
You worship both God and your race at the same time
Our pain benefits you
Your “must” is just a “maybe” for me

Chorus:
Good things are not counted as good here
Enough said, I know it very well myself
None of your words have truth in them
I am tired, I am tired

Good things are not counted as good here
I want to forge my own path
None of your words have truth in them
I don’t wanna play another role anymore

An Isfahani proverb says: It’s better not to see the beauty of the dead.

credits

from Seven Climes Vol. 1, released April 20, 2021
Lyrics and Performance by: Iman Tarek
Music composed, arranged and produced by: Salome MC
Additional Vocals by: Salome MC
Sample: The Voice of Mahdi Bagherbeigi, the actor of the Iranian TV Show Majid’s Stories