Parvaneh… 2102-2k17 Poem by saadat tahir
Parvaneh… 2102-2k17
Parvaneh flapped her nascent wings
Her lips sewn shut, why she sings?
Her voice choked by a feudal crush
Mullah's decree is a sterile hush
Clergy's bluster drowns her voice
A national prodigy is left no choice
In crypts and cellars, confined space
She hones her skills for the final race
In faraway lands, a nightingale sings
Oceans across, in her homeland rings
Never frowns hast broken a will
Or melodic songs on a window sill
Harangues and tirades rang outside
So the montage and reaper's ride
The Piscean's songs rode the sky
To lecturing pastors gave the lie
A fluttering candle shall sing no more
As the boat is set for a distant shore
original.
saadat tahir.
21st February,2017.
Islamabad-Pakistan.
Parvaneh Amir-Afshari, also known by her stage name Homeyra. An Iranian singer. Born: March 16,1945 (age 71 years) , Tehran, Iran.
She is a veteran of Iran's Golden Years of music. She currently continues her music career from Los Angeles, her home since her exile after the Iranian Revolution.
Recently due to health issues she gave her last performance and saw crowds cheering, crying and praying for her. This was the motivation for writing this poem.
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeyra
'In far away lands a nightingale sings'....and a poet pays tribute in beautiful and lovely words to her. very well-written piece
Parvaneh flapped her nascent wings..hones her skills for the final race..Parvaneh-a butterfly, right? Thanks for sharing the beautiful couplet :)
What a lovely, tender couplet for a wonderful singer! I loved the last two lines!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/3/2024 2:30:16 AM # 1.0.0.1119
This is a sincere and noble tribute to an artist. You capture thr quality of her performance which clerly fulfills thr expectations of Iranians ears, but beyond her musical excellence is her persecution by those who do not trust art. It's sad she to leaved thr land and people who inspired her art to find thr safety to perform her music f-r-e-e-l-y. A nd artists over the globe need freedom to be creative. I have several cds of Iranian music including Shahram Nazeri singing inspired by Rumi poems and the Dastan Ensemble singing poems of contemporary poets. It took me about three listens for the beauty to percolate and give me JOY!