Persiantown پ​ر​ش​ن ت​ا​و​ن

from Persiantown EP by Hodgepodge

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Persiantown
پرشن تاون

Hodgepodge

Recorded March 2022 at Boom Room Studios
Released 5/6/22

lyrics

Verse 1
Bi aabi haye Tabestoon
There was no water in the Summer

Bi borghi haye Zemestoon
No electricity in the Winter

Shabaa gorg o mish o naaleh
At night, the sound of howling wolves and weeping humans

Roozaa bomb o baroon
In days, bombs pouring down

Zabdar e chasb roo shisheh
Tape crossed over the window glass

Lek o lek e aaghaajoon
Grandfather hobbling

Shabaayeh por setarah
Nights, full of stars

Roozaa hame roo eyvoon
Days, everyone out on the porch

Chorus
G o Ch o P o Jh
Ye o Re o Mim o Lam o Noon
☨☨(see explanation at the end)


Verse 2
Aadma por efadeh
People are all full of arrogance

Vali gedoa faraavoon
But there is poverty everywhere

Borg o chars o hashish o shishah
Leaf and weed and hash and crystal

Bar o box hame daaghoon
Every friend, totally destroyed

Misaazimet dobaareh
We will fix you again

Shaayad hamin Tabestoon
Maybe this Summer

Shabaa rooza derazeh
Nights and days are long

Shayad ham ke Zemestoon
Or maybe also the Winter

Chorus
G o Ch o P o Jh
Ye o Re o Mim o Lam o Noon

Verse 3
Nakon enghadeh naleh
Don’t complain too much

Beshin posht e farmoon
Sit behind the steering wheel

Bezan berim dobaare
Let’s go again

Too ootooboonaye Tehroon
In the highways of Tehran

Ye rooz meyaym dobaareh
One day we will come again

Hame tooyeh khyaboon
All out in the streets

Par mikeshim dobaneh
We will fly free again

Vali mishim pashimoon
But we will regret it again

Chorus
G o Ch o P o Jh
Ye o Re o Mim o Lam o Noon
G o Ch o P o Jh
☨☨
The chorus is a word play in reference to the sociopolitical divide between the polarized views, which is represented by the 4 letters from Farsi that is G.Ch.P.Jh. which do not exist in the Arabic alphabet, while Ye, Re, Mim, Lam, Vav and Noon are letters which are pronounced a certain way in Arabic Religious texts.

credits

from Persiantown EP, released December 31, 2022
Music by Luis Loza, Jacob Frank, Hooman Hamedani, Sam Sander-Effron, Ian Kung, Gabe Preston

Lyrics by Hooman Hamedani

Recording by Eric Bogacz
Recorded at Boom Room Studios, Pine St Studios
Mixing and Mastering by Aaron Nicholas Walter

Vocals- Hooman Hamedani; Guitar- Luis Loza; Bass guitar- Jacob Frank; Drums- Ian Kung; Trombone- Sam Sander-Effron; Alto saxophone- Gabe Preston; Flute- Gabe Preston

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