Help explain the song “Yaar e dabestaani e man.”
This song carries a lot of emotion for Iran protesters, especially students. But the quality of the lyrics doesn’t explain why it’s such a big hit. Agree or persuade otherwise. If disagree, show literary analysis.
یار دبستانی من
با من و همراه منی
چوب الف بر سر ما
بغض من و آه منی
حک شده اسم من و تو
رو تن این تخته سیاه
ترکهٔ بیدادو ستم
مونده هنوز رو تن ما
So far, this is great lyrics. We’re in the classroom. Draws a parallel to university student beatings but taps into the primordial fears and helplessness of a child being unjustly punished by an authoritative adult. It also recalls the simple love and friendship that only children can feel in their purest forms.
دشت بی فرهنگی ما
Big skip in metaphor! What dasht? We were in the classroom!
هرزه تمومه علفاش
خوب، اگه خوب
بد، اگه بد
مُرده دلای آدماش
دست من و تو باید این پرده‌ها رو پاره کنه
Another big metaphor skip! Pardeh doesn’t go with classroom or dasht. What sort of scene with a pardeh is the listener to imagine here? Is this a Rumi pardeh, a Khayaam pardeh…the word just seems to be there to say,“you are listening to poetry.”
کی میتونه جز من و تو درد ما رو چاره کنه
You said it!
