Another old song by a famous Iranian singer called “Siavash Ghomayshi”. A bitter, meaningful, and kind of Nostalgic song that probably all youth of our generation in Iran is familiar with. A song about the philosophy of the “ignorance is a bless”
When I was in a closed community, I was happy and I didn’t know out there, a vast globe full of wonders exists. I was confined, ignorant, and joyful!
When I first became familiar with the Internet and understood what the world outside of our homeland looks like, I suddenly understood the meaning of this song and realized what a miserable generation we have been … Such a shocking and chilling moment…
Song: Parandehaye Ghafasi (Cage Birds)
Singer: Siavash Ghomayshi
Older versions with first narration
Lyrics:
Cage birds are used to loneliness
They spend their whole life without a companion
In the corner of a cage
They do not know the meaning of travel!
And have no idea what a passionate lover means?
Whoever gives them seeds
They think of them as their God
A life without love
They are strangers to the sky
All these blessings but
They have no share in it
They don’t know what a star looks like?
And when spring arrives?
And they have no idea
How easy it is for a bird
To fall in love under the rain
They haven't seen sunshine in the sky
And how far is
The East Mountain Spring!
Such a big cage I’m enduring!
I wish I was a bird
It doesn't matter if I fly or not!
At least I'd be a winner that way!
BECAUSE When You Don’t See! And You Don’t Know
It's OK!
But it’s a painful concept
When You See And You Know (But You Are Not Allowed To Have)
