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Azadeh
English source:
Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Free, freedom is my name
Spoken it is Azadeh
Azadi, freedom beats in my heart
Queen of hearts
My fingers run through my harp
Thoughts faster and faster
I combine with the sound
See patterns others have not found
Suddenly, I’m in the wild, a harp string between my fingers
Beside me, Prince Bahram Gur on his camel
Our sights blend, and I see what he sees,
Bitter is the taste on my tongue
Together we are in pursuit
I to deliver with grace
He to deliver with distaste
I challenge him, “can you hunt softly?”
His arrow slices, blood releases
My harp string snaps,
The gazelle falls, a discarded saddle
My Prince, I tell him not to follow
Spoken it is Azadeh
Azadi, freedom beats in my heart
Queen of hearts
My fingers run through my harp
Thoughts faster and faster
I combine with the sound
See patterns others have not found
Suddenly, I’m in the wild, a harp string between my fingers
Beside me, Prince Bahram Gur on his camel
Our sights blend, and I see what he sees,
Bitter is the taste on my tongue
Together we are in pursuit
I to deliver with grace
He to deliver with distaste
I challenge him, “can you hunt softly?”
His arrow slices, blood releases
My harp string snaps,
The gazelle falls, a discarded saddle
My Prince, I tell him not to follow
Composer
Emily Hazrati
Emily Hazrati is a composer and educator based in London. Her music centres around environment, place and belonging; frequently informed by sounds and landscapes from the natural world, as well as ideas around breath, ritual, and…
