Friday 3 July 2009

Mams Taylor Ft. Dariush, Satar, Morteza, & Friends - United For Neda [Song & Lyrics Review]

Hi everyone!
I kinda forgot about the existence of this blog but I decided to write here again to help spreading the voice of the Iranian Sea of Green. Since the election day I've been steadily connected on Twitter trying to catch the huge flow of thoughts coming from Iran that the world wide web has been allowing them to express. My great wonder concerning the (almost) infinite possibilities that internet gives us has been fueled by the great cyber-movement engendered from inside Iran. I want now to show my full support to the claim of freedom posting the lyrics of a great song written by Mams Taylor and sung by Mams Taylor himself and other Iranian singers. I hope I transcribed it without too many mistakes and..as you will see, there are some gaps (my english has to improve!)..could somebody help so it'll be complete?! And more, I would be pleased if anybody could write out the persian fragments of the song!
Post Scriptum No 1. After some suggestions by
anahid02, now the lyrics are completed for the most part. But as you can see, there are still some gaps..anyway: thanks a lot anahid02 for your helpfulness!!!
Post Scriptum No.2. Well, thanks to Mams Taylor himself and to Nim, now I can say that the lyrics are complete!

[News reporter] … Iran where authorities prepare to crack down on anyone who defies the direct order from supreme leader to stop the protests... Bloodshed on the streets of Iran, at least seven people are reported to have been shot…By the thousands…

میعادگاه ما انسان و آزادی

[News reporter] …The message of protesters in Iran today…

تاریخ آینده،
میعادگاه ما انسان و آبادی،
تاریخ آینده، میدان آزادی

Neda
[Be strong]
This one goes out to you
[Keep your head held high]

Lord, another day goes by and I pray that they all stay strong
And try to make it through the hate, all the pain and the lies
And make it through another day there without dying
Politicians controlling our minds
Why we even voting for if they’re makin’ up our minds for us
Man, they must be thinkin’ that we’re blind
But they opened up our eyes for us

This is about time that we stand up, stand up, gotta move the line
But they didn’t realize is they really just united us
Yeah, they use religion as disguise but my God doesn't divide
This is something they can’t hide from us

[Chorus]
So we’re not fighting for our rights
We’re just fighting for what’s right
For global freedom, but it’s like
Another day turns into night
And nothing's changing, people dying
Flags are flying through it all
So united we’ll stand
But divided we’ll fall

Damn, another day goes by again and it hurts
‘cause all that I can do is grab this pad and pen
And hope that by writing it
it begins to open people’s eyes up to what’s been happening all throughout the world
Guns firing, Neda, bless her soul
Now it’s time to stand up and seize control
And I’m talking to the human race as a whole

Time to stand up, stand up gotta move aligned
What they didn’t realize is they really just united us
Yeah, they use religion as disguise (my count/country..isn’t divide?)
This is something they can’t hide from us

[Chorus]

بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند
که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار
دگر عضوها را نماند قرار

Can anybody hear us crying, marching, not afraid of dying
Has anybody seen our freedom, staying strong, we’re bound to find it
Can anybody hear us crying, marching, not afraid of dying
Has anybody seen our freedom, staying strong, we’re bound to find it
Can anybody hear us crying, marching, not afraid of dying
Has anybody seen our freedom, just stay strong, we’re bound to find it

[Chorus] x2

ما که به فکر خود نیستیم
جویای عدالت هستیم
با شوق جهانی آزاد
خورشید هم رفت از یاد
انسانها در انقراضند
پرچمها در اهتزازند
ما شانه به شانه باشیم
هرگز از هم نپاشیم

[Chorus]

[Obama:] But let us remember the words that were written by the poet Saadi,
so many years ago:
"The children of Adam are limbs to each other,
having been created of one essence."
With the coming of a new season, we're reminded of this precious humanity
that we all share.
And we can once again call upon this spirit
as we seek the promise of a new beginning.



Here you can see the video of the song directly in Mams Taylor's youtube channel

And here you can download the song for free

7 comments:

  1. I tried to fill in the gaps of the words that were missing:

    News Reporters:…Iran where authorities prepare to crack down on anyone who defies the direct order from Supreme Leader to stop the protests...Bloodshed on the streets of Iran, at least seven people are reported to have been shot…By the thousands...

    […]
    News Reporter: The message of protesters in Iran today….
    [Persian]

    Neda
    [Be strong]
    This one goes out to you, keep your head held high
    […]

    Lord, another day goes by and I pray that they all stay strong
    And try to make it through the hate, all the pain and the lies
    And make it through another day there without dying
    Politicians controlling our minds
    Why we even voting for if they’re makin’ up our minds for us
    Man, they must be thinkin’ that we’re blind
    But they opened up our eyes for us
    This is about time that we stand up, stand up, gotta’ move aligned
    What they didn’t realize is they really just united us
    Yeah, they use religion as disguise but my […? divide] …
    This is something they can’t hide from us

    [Chorus]
    We’re not fighting for our rights
    We’re just fighting for what’s right
    Global freedom, but it’s like
    Another day turns into night
    Nothing changing, people dying
    Flags are flying through it all
    'Cuz united we’ll stand
    But divided we’ll fall

    Damn, another day goes by again and it hurts
    ‘Cause all that I can do is grab this pad and pen
    And hope that by writing it
    And it begins to open people’s eyes up to what’s been happening all throughout the world
    Guns fire and Neda, bless her soul
    Now it’s time to stand up and seize control
    And I’m talking to the human race as a whole
    Time to stand up stand up gotta’ move aligned
    What they didn’t realize is they really just united us
    Yeah, they use religion as disguise but my […? divide] ...
    This is something they can’t hide from us
    [Chorus]

    [Persian]

    Can anybody hear us crying, marching, not afraid of dying
    Standing, fighting, seeing our freedom, staying strong, we’re bound to find it
    Can anybody hear us crying, marching, not afraid of dying
    Standing, fighting, seeing our freedom, just stay strong, we’re bound to find it

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  2. Thanks a lot anahid02! You cannot imagine how bad I felt staying in front of my monitor trying to catch the missing words! I thinks I've seen the video of the song thousands of times while I was forcing my self to stare at the labial of the singers!!!

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  3. No problem! Yeah it took me a while to figure it out, I had to rewind it a bunch of times. I still couldn't figure out a few of them but I'm glad you actually took the time to write the lyrics out...I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere else when I searched on Google.

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  4. Yeah that's why I decided to write it out! I kept googling it but no way to find the lyrics! Then I thought let's try writing out the parts I understand and let's see what happens..and there you are! ;-) Now the lyrics are complete and correct: I'm following Mams Taylor on twitter and I realized he uploaded it today on ilike..finally I was able to understand "my god doesn't divide"..I don't know wheather I'd been able to figure it out by myself or not!!

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  5. I only got the "divide" part but no matter how many times I tried to figure out what he was saying beforehand I couldn't lol. So I'm glad he finally posted it up & hooray for complete lyrics! :)

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  6. Hi. It was a great song, and great collaboration from you two (Stefano & anahid02) to prepare the english transcript for the song. I coulddn't find out what they say without your help(LOL). And still this is the only transcript done for the song. I have prepared the Persian parts for you, so you may be ableto complete it. I just wonder if you can put it on the blog with Persian alphabet. So, since I am not a member of the blog, comment here or on my facebook wall, if I have to help it in another way.
    There are five parts in persian as you have signed them as [# Persian]. ،The third part has nothing indeed, it's been marked wrong.
    Here are these parts in order:
    #1: میعادگاه ما انسان و آزادی



    #2:
    تاریخ آینده،
    میعادگاه ما انسان و آبادی،
    تاریخ آینده، میدان آزادی



    #3: ---


    #4:
    بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند
    که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
    چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار
    دگر عضوها را نماند قرار



    #5:
    ما که به فکر خود نیستیم
    جویای عدالت هستیم
    با شوق جهانی آزاد
    خورشید هم رفت از یاد
    انسانها در انقراضند
    پرچمها در اهتزازند
    ما شانه به شانه باشیم
    هرگز از هم نپاشیم


    Once again, thanks to you.

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  7. Wow!.. Nim I really have to thank you! I didn't know wheather it was going to work but with great surprise I was able to add the persian parts to the lyrics witha simple copy and paste! Unfortunately I cannot understand it! What is it? Parts of the Koran, or some poem?

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