Gol-e Yakh

Gol-e Yakh

Kourosh Yaghmaei

Kourosh Yaghmaei

Explore the poetic depths of pre-revolution Persian psychedelic rock

Explore the poetic depths of pre-revolution Persian psychedelic rock

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Sorrow has nested between your beautiful eyes

Night has made a home in your black hair

Your two black eyes are like my nights

The darkness of your eyes is like my sorrows

When a lump comes down from my eyelashes, it becomes rain

The flood of sorrows has ruined my town

When you stay with me, the wind takes away my loneliness

My eyes have made the night rainy

Spring flew away from my hands

An ice flower has sprouted in my heart

In my room, I catch fire from loneliness

My heart has blossomed in this era

What should I sing, my youth has gone, my voice is gone too

An ice flower has sprouted in my heart

What should I sing, my youth has gone, my voice is gone too

An ice flower has sprouted in my heart

Sorrow has nested between your beautiful eyes

Night has made a home in your black hair

Your two black eyes are like my nights

The darkness of your eyes is like my sorrows

When a lump comes down from my eyelashes, it becomes rain

The flood of sorrows has ruined my town

When you stay with me, the wind takes away my loneliness

My eyes have made the night rainy

Spring flew away from my hands

An ice flower has sprouted in my heart

In my room, I catch fire from loneliness

My heart has blossomed in this era

What should I sing, my youth has gone, my voice is gone too

An ice flower has sprouted in my heart

What should I sing, my youth has gone, my voice is gone too

An ice flower has sprouted in my heart

Words

غم

gham

sorrow

Sorrow, an Arabic loanword Persian poetry has carried for centuries and made almost a substance, something drunk, eaten, hoarded. This song opens on it and houses it: gham miyoon-e do tâ cheshmoon-e ghashanget, looneh kardeh, sorrow has nested between your two beautiful eyes. The first word of the lyric is its subject.

غم

gham

sorrow

Sorrow, an Arabic loanword Persian poetry has carried for centuries and made almost a substance, something drunk, eaten, hoarded. This song opens on it and houses it: gham miyoon-e do tâ cheshmoon-e ghashanget, looneh kardeh, sorrow has nested between your two beautiful eyes. The first word of the lyric is its subject.

بغض

boghz

lump (in throat)

The lump in the throat when crying is held back. English needs a sentence for it; Persian has the noun. The song tracks it to the exact moment it breaks: vaghti boghz az mozhehâm pâyin miâd, bâroon misheh, when the boghz comes down from my lashes, it becomes rain.

بغض

boghz

lump (in throat)

The lump in the throat when crying is held back. English needs a sentence for it; Persian has the noun. The song tracks it to the exact moment it breaks: vaghti boghz az mozhehâm pâyin miâd, bâroon misheh, when the boghz comes down from my lashes, it becomes rain.

آبادی

âbâdi

village

A village, a settlement, and underneath that a state: the word is built on âbâd, flourishing, kept up, alive. An âbâdi is a place that works. The song drowns it: seyl-e ghamhâ âbâdimo virooneh kardeh, the flood of sorrows has ruined my âbâdi.

آبادی

âbâdi

village

A village, a settlement, and underneath that a state: the word is built on âbâd, flourishing, kept up, alive. An âbâdi is a place that works. The song drowns it: seyl-e ghamhâ âbâdimo virooneh kardeh, the flood of sorrows has ruined my âbâdi.

ویرونه

Virooneh

ruin

Ruin, the spoken form of virâneh. Persian sets it against âbâd as a two word axis for the state of anything, a house, a city, a heart: kept up, or fallen. The lyric sings both halves in one line and puts the ruin inside the speaker.

ویرونه

Virooneh

ruin

Ruin, the spoken form of virâneh. Persian sets it against âbâd as a two word axis for the state of anything, a house, a city, a heart: kept up, or fallen. The lyric sings both halves in one line and puts the ruin inside the speaker.

جوونه

javooneh

sprout

A sprout, the young shoot, from the same root as javân, young. The song sets the two against each other: chi bekhoonam javoonim rafteh sedâm rafteh digeh, my youth has gone, my voice too, and the answer line every time: gol-e yakh too-ye delam javooneh kardeh. What sprouts, when youth has gone, is the flower of ice.

جوونه

javooneh

sprout

A sprout, the young shoot, from the same root as javân, young. The song sets the two against each other: chi bekhoonam javoonim rafteh sedâm rafteh digeh, my youth has gone, my voice too, and the answer line every time: gol-e yakh too-ye delam javooneh kardeh. What sprouts, when youth has gone, is the flower of ice.

چشم

cheshm

eye

چشم

cheshm

eye

قشنگ

ghashang

beautiful

قشنگ

ghashang

beautiful

لونه

looneh

nest

لونه

looneh

nest

شب

shab

night

شب

shab

night

مو

moo

hair

مو

moo

hair

سیاه

siyâh

black

سیاه

siyâh

black

خونه

khooneh

home

خونه

khooneh

home

سیاهی

siyâhi

darkness

سیاهی

siyâhi

darkness

مژه

mozheh

eyelash

مژه

mozheh

eyelash

پایین

pâyin

down

پایین

pâyin

down

بارون

bâroon

rain

بارون

bâroon

rain

سیل

seyl

flood

سیل

seyl

flood

تنهایی

tanhâyi

loneliness

تنهایی

tanhâyi

loneliness

باد

bâd

wind

باد

bâd

wind

بهار

bahâr

spring

بهار

bahâr

spring

آتیش

âtish

fire

آتیش

âtish

fire

شکوفه

shekoofeh

blossom

شکوفه

shekoofeh

blossom

Cultural Notes

The lyrics paint a poignant picture of sorrow and beauty, intertwining the natural elements with human emotions to create a deeply evocative scene. The recurring imagery of "eyes," "night," and "rain" serves as metaphors for the singer's inner turmoil and melancholy. The eyes, described as beautiful yet filled with darkness, reflect the depths of the singer's sadness, while the night and rain symbolize the overwhelming and persistent nature of their grief.

The repeated mention of "ice flower" in the heart symbolizes a paradoxical beauty amid despair, suggesting resilience and the capacity for growth even in cold, desolate conditions. This imagery is beautifully contrasted with the concept of spring, which typically symbolizes renewal and hope, yet here, it flies away, leaving behind a lingering chill.

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