A Poem for Neda Agha-Soltan (Elections and Protest in Iran): By Dr. Rafey Habib

A Poem for Neda (Elections in Iran): By Dr. Rafey Habib

Neda.

Sweet voice,
Of freedom, unborn.

Your state totters.
A colour revolution.

Green, for life,
Of reason, faith;
Red for blood,
The price you paid.

And you have shown
Your colour, you
Whose voices rise
Above your people
Who cast your black sky
Over all voices;
Who hide behind
Batons, water, tear-gas;
Who cringe
Behind your flag.

Tears will find you out.

And you too, show
Your colour, who flirt
With freedoms name;
Who smile unshamed
As tyrants old or new
Play your cards for you.

Tears will blind your smiles.

You who love
Your daughters, sons,
Let the green of earth be
Your colour:
Let your love give birth
To the Islam which your poets dreamed.

Let your voice, which sang
Before, of golden Persia,
In Saadi, Hafez, Rumi,
Now return, to sing
Our future.

Let your sweet voice
Sing from the cold earth
Of sweet democracy
Buried in its birth.
Dreaming to be
Born.

Daughter, sweet voice
Of the new Iran:
Neda.

Filmed by: Chris Barrett
Special thanks: Elizabeth Licorish

About Neda Agha-Soltan:
The death of Neda Agha-Soltan drew international attention when her shooting, during the 2009 Iranian election protests, was captured on video by bystanders and broadcast over the internet.[6] The video quickly became a rallying point for the reformist opposition. Nedā is also the the Persian word for "voice", "calling" or "divine message," and she has been referred to as the "voice of Iran".

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_(Iranian_protester)

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[azady4all]

Thanks. Free Iran and all of the world.

[brownman556]

beautiful - the world should know

khamenei's gang has a great oposition.

[TheChristianFairy]

Lovely poem. I am a conservative American Christian, but I dream of the day when we will all finally live in peace and freedom.

[ahriman46]

thank you for the poem.

[HugoLorenzorocks]

very good poem

btw Dr. Rafey Habib is rocking the mustache

[BebopCaelestrasz]

R i p neda. And what the f*ck is with your mustache?

[Earthweep]

Very nice poem, Dr. Habib. I have found that her full name as it is rendered in English has some rather amazing anagrams: Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan = A shot! Hailed as an angel. Oh! Death as a slain angel. Die...Hosanna! Allah's gate! Saint's angel halo ahead. She sang an idea to Allah. Gal heals nations ahead. Sainted angel has a halo. Angel has a halo? 'Tis Neda! Genial St. Neda has a halo. Asian angel's death halo.

[cyrus8665]

thank u .........

Long live iran : Down with Islam

[Pedrampadeshah021]

Neda will allways live in our hearts..

thank you.