Fared Shafinury, Yare Dabestaniye Man, July 25, 2009 NYC Performance

This is a beautiful rendition of Yare Dabestaniyeh Man performed live by Fared Shafinury on July 25, 2009 on the United for Iran Global Action Day in front of the U.N. building in front of an audience of several hundred people.

Fared Shafinury is an amazing musician from Austin, Texas. He was a featured performer during the week of events in New York City- this week of performances was his first time in New York as a visitor and musician, during which he took the city by surprise and winning the hearts of all in the audience. More information about Fared Shafinury, free downloads, and CDs can be found at www.faredshafinury.com.

Translation of song:

MY CHILDHOOD COMPANION

My childhood companion,
You're with me and along with me,
The alphabet stick is above our heads,
You're my spite and my sigh,
Our names have been carved,
On the body of this blackboard,
The hit of the stick of injustice and tyranny,
Has remained on our body,
All the grass of the plain of our cultureless existence,
is overcome by weeds,
Its people's hearts are dead,
If it's good,it'll be good,
If it's bad,it'll be bad,

Our hands should,
Tear these curtains up,
Who, besides you and I, can
Cure our pain?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fared Shafinury
• Iran
• Yareh Dabestaniyeh Man
• Yare Dabestaniye Man
• protests
• green movement
• New York City
• United for Iran
• United 4 Iran

[kingcyrus23]

i wish i could be there, he's a great artist! what a voice

[mihantour]

beautiful...what an atmosphere :)

[sholehflower]

yeki az zibatarin ejraha.

[bearsinbrazil]

Geeeez, this looks like it was an incredible show, i'm sorry i missed it. Fared has such passion for his music, it's inspirational.