Shahin Najafi and Mohsen Namjoo

Music & Lyrics: Shahin Najafi

Arrangement, Mix & Mastering, Programing, Guitar, Bass, Drums: Majid Kazemi

Clarinet: Roman

Cover: Mana Neyestani

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Period

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We (are) the heirs of the common pain between the legs!
We (are) under the pressure of the Depilatory and the (revolutionary) Gaurd

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We are the hourly-rated underage concubines!
It’s easy! You better loosen up or it’ll be painful!

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We are the unanswered wet letters deep down the well! (referring to a religious belief)
We (committed) adultery in the holy shrine, with married women!

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We and the pleasure of finger and others’ anus!
We and the death passion with ’Ahangaran’‘s voice! (famous religious singer)

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We (are) on the landmine, wearing jeans, or sitting at the “haft-sin” (traditional new year’s table)
We are the wretched, the educated, the shameful folks!

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We perplexity of becoming gusset, and the pain of being ripped
We closed the eyes and simply shut up!

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Look how occupied my brain is!
Kiss me! talk about love!

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Damn! whenever you visit me you are on your period!

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We (go) the rendezvous from ‘Shariati ‘ St. to  ’ Evin’ (a prison in Tehran)
We  (are) the exported  girls, from Dubai to China!

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 We (witnessed) the taxi horns screaming on our nerves!
We (have) the body of Peugeot, (but) with the ’Peykan‘‘s engine (Iranian old car)

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We (and our) helpless film industry without ’Panahi‘(Iranian banned filmmaker)
We (felt) the grief among this humorous crowd!

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We (are) the under-the-navel-focused! penis-centered society
We (are) the sorrowful panegyrists  of the supreme leader’s palace!

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We (are) the avant-garde lovers of Hussein (3rd great Imam of Shias)
We (are) the fashionable followers of ‘Khomain’s old man’ (Khomeini, the Islamic revolution leader)

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We (are) the erected, faithful men sitting in spiritual retreat
We (are) the veiled, wet sisters, under the quilt!

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Me and the enthusiasm of being in your arms
and crying to your dead phone!

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Though you have arrived, you have finally arrived my darling! But …

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Damn! Even in this situation, you are on your period!
Damn! whenever you visit me you are on your period!

 

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Translation by: Nick Rastin