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زهرآب - آلبوم رادیکال شاهین نجفی
Music & Lyrics: Shahin Najafi
Arrangement: Faarjam
Cover Art: Omid Keshtkar

Zahraab

The paradoxical culture
In the era of banality
With a muggle nation
Sacrificed to you, oh! “Zahraab”

Morning with head-trotter meal and execution gallows
Sitting fasted by the breakfast table
Shooting selfie with the children of labour
Sacrificed to you, oh! Zahraab

The marketing zombies
Compulsory breathing
The suicide worker
Sacrificed to you, oh! Zahraab

The American fascism
The Aryan sperm
Hooch instead of tea
Sacrificed to you, oh! Zahraab

Sacrificed to you our existence, our lives and our souls
We’re the dogs of the holly shrine
You are our bread and water
Sacrificed to your hair all of us and our sense
You are the wealth, politics and all our proudness
Zahraab! Zahraab! Zahraab! Zahraab!

Dialectic of “Karbala” (Shia holy battlefield, Iraq)
Philosophy of “Ashura” (last day of Karbala battle, 10th of October 680 AD)
The divine Bourgeoisie
Sacrificed to you, oh!

“Cyrus” with the leader’s kaffiyeh
Sex in the holy shrine
The baboon parliament house
Sacrificed to you, oh! Zahraab

The political football player
Art means “Agassi” (late Iranian slangy singer)
The anxious pestered ones (fundamentalists)
Sacrificed to you, oh! Zahraab

The revolutionary prostitute
The fake intellectual
Democracy by the lobbying pressure
Sacrificed to you, oh! Zahraab

Sacrificed to you our existence, our lives and our souls
We’re the dogs of the holly shrine
You are our bread and water
Sacrificed to your hair all of us and our sense
You are the wealth, politics and all our proudness

Zahraab! Zahraab! Zaharab! Zahraab!

Translation by: Nick Rastin

'Zahraab' - Special selection for soundtrack of the movie Roxana to be released in 2018.