Sing "Baraye"- Lyrics Pronunciation by Shervin

Sing "Baraye"- Lyrics Pronunciation by Shervin

I've created this video for non-Persian speakers and Persian Language learners (Especially my students😊) and anyone person who wants to sing along with /Barāye.../ "For...."

 

It contains Persian, English, and more importantly, Pronunciation.

 

 

 

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 You could download the printable PDF version of the phonetics along with the translation by clicking here:


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 Pronunciation Guide:

 

/gh/ represents a consonant that sounds close to the "g" or "q"

/ā/ is like a in car.

A full guide to pronounce /kh/

Phonetics (Penglish)

English Translation

In Persian

Barāye too-ye kooche raghsidan

For dancing in the alley

برای توی کوچه رقصیدن

barāye tarsidan

be vaght-e boosidan

For being scared when kissing [in public]

برای ترسیدن به وقتِ بوسیدن

barāye khāharam,

khāharet,

khāharamoon

For my sister, your sister, our sisters

برای خواهرم، خواهرت، خواهرامون

barāye ta’ghir-e maghzhā ke poosidan

For changing the mins that are rotten

برای تغییر مغزها که پوسیدن

Barāye sharmandegi,

Barāye bipooli

For being ashamed, (for) having no money

برای شرمندگی، برای بی‌پولی

Barāye Hasrat-e yek zendegi-ye ma’mooli

For longing for an ordinary life

برای حسرتِ یک زندگیِ معمولی

Barāye koodak-e zobālegard o arezoohāsh

For ragpicker children [child labor] and their dreams

 

برای کودک زباله‌گرد و آرزوهاش

Barāye  in eghtesād-e dastoori

For this dictatorial economy

 

برای این اقتصادِ دستوری

Barāye in havā-ye āloode

For this polluted air

 

برای این هوای آلوده

Barāye valiyeasr o derakhtā-ye farsoode

For Vliasr [street], and its worn trees

برای ولیعصر و درخت‌های فرسوده

Barāye pirooz o ehtemāl-e engherāzesh

For Pirouz [a Persian cheetah], that may go instinct

 

برای پیروز و احتمالِ انقراضش

Barāye saghā-ye bigonāh-e mamnu’e

For the innocent but forbidden dog

برای سگ‌های بی‌گناهِ ممنوعه

Barāye geryehā-ye bivaghfe

For incessant crying

 

برای گریه‌های بی‌وقفه

Barāye tasvir-e tekrār-e in lahze

For the longing of repeating this moment

برای تصویر تکرار این لحظه

Barāye chehre-i ke mikhande

For [the longing of] a smiling face

 

برای چهره‌ای که می‌خنده

Barāye dāneshāmoozā,

barāye āyande

For students, for the future

برای دانش‌آموزا، برای آینده

Barāye in behesht-e ejbāri

For this forced “heaven”

 

برای این بهشت اجباری

Barāye nokhbehā-ye zendāni

For imprisoned talents [elits]

 

برای نخبه‌های زندانی

Barāye koodakān-e efghāni

For afghan kids

 

برای کودکان افغانی

Barāye inhame “bārāye” gheyre-tekrāri

For all these non-repetitive “for”s

 برای این‌همه «برای» غیر‌تکراری

Barāye inhame sho’ārhā-ye tookhāli

For all these meaningless slogans

برای این‌همه شعارهای توخالی

Barāyāvār-e khoonehā-ye pooshāli

For collapsing of flimsy houses [collapsed buildings]

 

برای آوار خونه‌های پوشالی

Barāye ehsās-e ārāmesh

For the feeling of peace

 

برای احساس آرامش

Barāye khorshid pas as shabā-ye toolāni

For the sun after long dark nights

برای خورشید پس از شب‌های طولانی

Barāye ghorshā-ye a’sāb o bikhābi

For psychoactive and insomnia pills

 

برای قرص‌های اعصاب و بی‌خوابی

Barāye mard, mihan, ābādi

For Man, Homeland, Prosperity

 

برای مرد، میهن، آبادی

Barāye dokhtari ke ārezoo dāsht pesar bood

For a girl who wished she were a boy

 

برای دختری که آرزو داشت پسر بود

Barāye zan, zendegi, āzādi

For Woman, Life, Liberty

 

برای زن، زندگی، آزادی

Āzādi

Liberty

 

آزادی

 

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