#vatanam

نوشته دانلود آهنگ جدید حجت اشرف زاده به نام وطنم اولین بار در هرروز پدیدار شد.

A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, you and I, with the garden’s beauty and the birds singing. The stars will be watching us, and we will show them what it is to be a thin crescent moon. You and I unselfed, will be together, indifferent to idle speculation, you and I. The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar as we laugh together, you and I. In one form upon this earth, and in another form in a timeless sweet land.

BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO, READ THIS OR YOU'LL BE VERY CONFUSED

And before I go any further, let me just say I am not a religious person AT ALL. Hell, I'm probably a bit of an asshole when it comes to religious folks, but damn it, this video...

I trust the socially aware and clever curious people of Tumblr should find this interesting.

I know this post doesn't match my usual style (except, I guess the beard category...), but I just had to share this after seeing it. Very few things get me as emotional as good news from my motherland (at least from my mother's side).

This is basically the best use of religion to oppose religion I have ever seen. As some of you know, I grew up in Iran, where the theocratic government has ruled over the people with an iron fist. The extent of their cruelty was evident in 2009 when they had their religious police open fire on unarmed protesters who only wanted freedom and an end to the oppressive rule of the current government. Everyone in Iran hates the government, but the government has the guns, weapons and mercenaries, so the people are forced to obey in silent oppression.

This video shows a large group of men who have gathered and are performing the traditional music that is heard on Ashura, the day when the religious Iranians mourn a martyred saint by beating their chests and crying out for his remembrance  At first I noticed nothing strange about this, until I heard the lyrics.

"Oh cruel and heartless, today we stand against you. We hate your religion, we hate your religion, you have made good men blind with your lies. You have brought grief upon us and made heavy our hearts."

They continue, insulting the government, the mullahs and the politicians who supposedly "serve god"...

"We are the sacred daughters" cry out these bearded manly men, to show that they stand for the women that the government has oppressed for so long too. These men have thrown away that old odd Middle-Eastern pride thing and are calling themselves sisters, for solidarity! THEY JUST DISREGARDED GENDER ROLES IN FUCKING IRAN. All while doing the manliest, chest slapping chant ever. Just beautiful.

And the religious government can't touch them, because they're doing it all in the context of the holy day, so they've outsmarted the government. They have just fought fire with fire, and have won this battle!

I did not think I would live to see this day. Though I am in position to, I feel so proud of my brothers and sisters back home fighting for freedom, especially when it is this musical.

another version ... Vatanam - وطنم: اولین سرود ملی ایران

Salar Aghili, "Vatanam" -  سالار عقیلی،  وطنم

موسيقی: سياوش بيضايی بر روی ملودی ژان باتيست لومر

شعر: بيژن ترقی خواننده: سالار عقيلی

نخستین سرود ملی ایران (امروزه معروف به وطنم وطنم) به وسیله موسیو لومر فرانسوی که برای تربیت یک گروه موسیقی نظامی به ایران آمده بود برای پیانو نوشته شده است.‌ این سرود در آن زمان تنها یک بار، آن هم به وسیله خود لومر به هنگام سفر ناصرالدین شاه به فرانسه بر روی پیانو اجرا شد.‌ این سرود به وسیله سیاوش بیضایی تکمیل و تنظیم شده است.‌ مقدمه، بخش میان و بخش پایانی این مارش از لومر نیست و به وسیله سیاوش بیضایی ساخته شده است که به این قطعه صلابت بیشتری به عنوان یک سرود ملی می‌بخشد.‌ شعر زیبای این قطعه از ترانه‌سرای مشهور بیژن ترقی است که برای این تنظیم جدید سروده شده است.‌ این قطعه درسال 1385 به وسیله ارکستر ملل، به رهبری پیمان سلطانی و به خوانندگی سالار عقیلی اجرا شده است

The first National Anthem of Iran (vatanam vatanam) was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lemaire in the time of Nassereddin Shah Qajar. It is originally composed for Piano solo and was played only once during the journey of the Sultan to France on the piano. This Hymn is rearranged and composed by Siavash Beizai. The Introduction, the middle part and the end part of this piece don't belong to Lemaire but were composed by Siavash Beizai, and served as a formal and musical strengthening for a real National Anthem. The lyric written for this arrangement is from Bizhan Taraghghi. This video is from a concert in Talare-Rudaki in Teheran (2005). The Singer is Salar Aghili.

Alfred Jean-Baptiste Lemaire (15 January 1842 – 24 February 1907) was a French military musician and composer who went to Iran in 1868, during the reign of King Nassereddin Shah to train the staff of the music department of Dar ul-Funun. He was the composer of the first Iranian national anthem.

The Shah who'd visited Paris had requested for a French musician to reorganize his miltary orchestras along Western European lines., Lemaire went to Iran in 1868 and procured western instruments and organized the training of military musicians at the Dar ul-Funun, where one of his students was Darvish Khan. At the request of the King he also composed the first Iranian national anthem and other military pieces.