100% sales of this song will be donated to the Woman*-Life-Freedom Collective Berlin - to support the feminist uprising in Iran
for more information + to donate:
www.betterplace.me/support-woman-life-freedom-collective-in-berlin
جنگ، خودِ حقیقت است
War is the unveiling of the truth
In war, curtains lift and truth appears as it is
In war, truth cannot be remedied
In war, there is no acting
When they murder Fereshteh Ahmadi and her daughter mourns over her grave
When they rape women in the streets
When they open the trunk of a car and take you as a booty
When they shoot you with a gun from their fanny-pack
When they attack schools, when they raid universities
When they kidnap bodies, alive or dead
When they accuse Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohamadi with espionage
It means every day we are at war, and war reveals the truth
The truth shouts everyday for 40-some days and 40-some years that: this is a war, and the enemy is here to kill you
The enemy is here to destroy you
This is a war and we live in an occupied land
We live in a state of war
Today, tonight, women all across Iran show us disobedience:
Every time they take off their scarf, in the streets, at universities, in schools
Every time they burn a scarf
Every time they stand tall and say no
Every time workers close the roads and shut factories
Every time disobedient hands clog streets and scare away anti-riot forces
Every time police precincts and Baseej centers and Regime buildings are set on fire
Every time university students refuse being students of the Islamic Republic
Every time school students refuse being students of the Islamic Republic
Every time citizens
Every time walls run away from the Islamic Republic and replace themselves with other revolutionary names:
Mahsa, Hadis, Sarina, Nika
And
Every time Sistan-and-Baloochistan
Every time Kurdistan
Every time every corner of iran
Every time one says no, the Islamic Republic disintegrates
Today’s war wasn’t achieved so easily. Before this war were four decades of uprisings and rebellions that have progressed, been suppressed, been destroyed, yet every time it has left behind a thread, a mark, a symbol. Today’s war summons all liberation movements. It asks them for succor to never give up. It asks them to remember, to never forget, that a rightful revolution is one that never ends, rather it is forever.
Appreciate this war and this unmasked truth
War is the unveiling of the truth and we are at war
Revolution reminds us that nothing is certain
Everything is becoming
************************************
Text by Parham Shahrjerdi
Translation by Aida Ebrahimi
released December 2, 2022
produced by Lukas Koenig, Nik Hummer and Rojin Sharafi
drums/bass/synthesizers by Lukas Koenig
modular synthesizer by Nik Hummer
voice/voice processing by Rojin Sharafi
recorded/mixed by Lukas Koenig and Nik Hummer at minusgroundzero studio, Vienna
mastered by Audiobomber
text by Parham Shahrjerdi
translation by Aida Ebrahimi
cover art by Mina M.Jafari
video by Siavash Talebi