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About the Song
"Baraye" (Persian: برای, literally "For" or "Because of") is a ballad by Iranian singer-songwriter inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini and its aftermath. [1] Widely referred to as "the anthem of the protests," Baraye received huge critical acclaim for its vocals and portrayal of the emotions of the Iranian people all around the world.
At the 65th Grammy Awards in 2023 the song won the first-ever special merit award for Best Song for Social Change. The 2nd video above is Jill Biden's presentation for this award.
Here are the original lyrics in Persian:
برای ترسیدن به وقت بوسیدنبرای خواهرم، خواهرت، خواهرامون
برای تغییر مغزها که پوسیدن
برای شرمندگی، برای بیپولی
برای حسرت یک زندگی معمولی
برای کودک زبالهگرد و آرزوهاش
برای این اقتصاد دستوری
برای این هوای آلوده
برای ولیعصر و درختای فرسوده
برای پیروز و احتمال انقراضش
برای سگهای بیگناه ممنوعه
برای گریههای بیوقفه
برای تصویر تکرار این لحظه
برای چهرهای که میخنده
برای دانشآموزا، برای آینده
برای این بهشت اجباری
برای نخبههای زندانی
برای کودکان افغانی
برای اینهمه «برای» غیرتکراری
برای اینهمه شعارهای توخالی
برای آوار خونههای پوشالی
برای احساس آرامش
برای خورشید پس از شبای طولانی
برای قرصهای اعصاب و بیخوابی
برای مرد، میهن، آبادی
برای دختری که آرزو داشت پسر بود
برای زن، زندگی، آزادی
برای آزادی
برای آزادی
برای آزادی
Translation(s)
Translation:
For dancing in the streets (1)
For the fear when kissing (2)
For my sister, your sister, our sisters
For changing the rotten brains (3)
For the shame of inability to provide, for being penniless (4)
For yearning of just a normal life
For the dumpster diving boy and his dreams (5)
For this planned economy (6)
For this polluted air (7)
For Valiasr street (8) and it's tired dying trees (9)
For Piruz and his possible extinction (10)
For the massacre of the innocent dogs (11)
For these never ending tears
For the dream of a moment that will never happen again (12)
For the smiling faces
For the students, for future
For this heaven being forced on you (13)
For the imprisoned intellectual elite
For the discriminated Afghan children (14)
For each and every one of all of these "for"s
For all these empty propaganda chants (15)
For the houses in rubble, collapsing like a house of cards (16)
For the feel of peace
For the sun after long nightsFor all the pills for nerves and insomnia
For men, homeland and prosperity
For the girls wishing they were boys (17)
For women, life, freedom
For freedom
For freedom
For freedom
For the fear when kissing (2)
For my sister, your sister, our sisters
For changing the rotten brains (3)
For the shame of inability to provide, for being penniless (4)
For yearning of just a normal life
For the dumpster diving boy and his dreams (5)
For this planned economy (6)
For this polluted air (7)
For Valiasr street (8) and it's tired dying trees (9)
For Piruz and his possible extinction (10)
For the massacre of the innocent dogs (11)
For these never ending tears
For the dream of a moment that will never happen again (12)
For the smiling faces
For the students, for future
For this heaven being forced on you (13)
For the imprisoned intellectual elite
For the discriminated Afghan children (14)
For each and every one of all of these "for"s
For all these empty propaganda chants (15)
For the houses in rubble, collapsing like a house of cards (16)
For the feel of peace
For the sun after long nightsFor all the pills for nerves and insomnia
For men, homeland and prosperity
For the girls wishing they were boys (17)
For women, life, freedom
For freedom
For freedom
For freedom