Kourosh Yaghmaei.
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Kourosh Yaghmaei |
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| Native name |
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| Born | 1946 (age 71â72) Tehran, Iran |
| Origin | Iran |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1970s - present |
Kourosh Yaghmaei (Persian: ???? ???????) (born 3 December 1946) is an Iranian guitarist, singer, and songwriter who started his career in the 1970s.
âWhen you stay with me, the wind carries away my loneliness. My two eyes have made it rain every night. Spring fluttered out of my hands and left. In my heart, an ice flower has sprouted. In my
room, Iâm starting to burn from loneliness. Yet, in these times, thereâs a blossom. What should I sing: my youth is gone and so is my voiceâŠIn my heart, an ice flower has sprouted.â
These lovely lyrics are part of the translation of the songâGol E Yakhâ (Ice Flower), one of the most known Iranian pop ballads, originally released in 1974, sung by Iranian rock
musician and heroKourosh Yaghmaei.
When I first discovered this song it was winter outside. I remember how I was obsessively listening to it on repeat, while I was on my way to a mind-numbing day job at an office. I was listening
to it again and again, from 5 to ten times in a row, for a few good weeks. I first heard it on the excellent compilationPomegranates on Finders Keepers, a great collection of various Persian psychedelic rock and traditional pop music from the â70s. Later on, thanks to the
subsidiary of Stones Throw Records (which is the precious Now-Again Records), I could enjoy an extensive collection of more than 20 songs from the 1973-1979 tough years of Iran.
The story ofKourosh Yaghmaei is at least remarkable: he started with music very early, when he was ten years old, learning to play the Santour (an Iranian traditional music
instrument) he got from his father. After 5 years of practice he gained precious knowledge of Iranian traditional music along with excellent skills in playing Santour. Later on he learnt to play
guitar, an instrument that will remain his favorite. The Iranian Revolution from 1979 leaded byAyatollah Khomeini empowered a very strict regime of censorship; all pop music was
virtually eradicated from Iran. Recorded in a pre-revolution Iran in the 1970s, Kourosh had to hide his music once Islamic fundamentalists grabbed control and started burning down record
companies and harassing musicians. Kourosh got his voice banned for 17 years. In these years he published children stories on books and cassettes. His picture was allowed to be published on his
albums after 24 years.
This collection of âpre-revolution psychedelic rockâ songs has such a big value not only because it is so rare, hidden and almost impossible to be discovered without the intervention of
Now-Again, but it is also a testimony of a political context now forgotten and erased from the history of this unfortunate and persecuted country that is Iran.
Veel meer is er niet over hem bekend, gisteren luisterde ik per ongeluk naar zijn muziek, naast platen, cd s, staat de harde schijf vol met muziek. Ik weet ongeveer wat en wie, maar dit verrastte me, een Iranse muzikant die prachtige liedjes schrijft en zingt, hij heeft heel goed geluisterd naar de popmuziek van de jaren 60 en 70, dat is in de muziek goed te horen, de teksten kan ik niet verstaan.
Het volgende nummer is zo prachtig, ik verstond er niets van, maar de weemoedige stem en de huilende gitaar vertelden me dat het over de liefde gaat, luister:
01.Kourosh Yaghmaei - Gole Yakh (Winter Sweet)
Original Lyrics
Translation in English
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Between your beautiful eyes,
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Sorrow has nested
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In your dark tresses,
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Night has fallen
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Your eyes,
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Black like my lonely nights
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My sorrows,
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Dark like your eyes
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And when this lump in my throat
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Flows through my eyes like the rain
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The flood of sorrows
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Lays waste to my oasis
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When you are with me
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The wind takes away my loneliness
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My tears impinging like the night rain
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When you are not with me
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Spring has now left my hands
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The ice flower is rooting in my heart
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In my room I am getting burned from loneliness
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Oh! The one that has blossomed in this season
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How can I sing? My youth has gone, my voice has already gone
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The ice flower is rooting in my heart
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How can I sing? My youth has gone, my voice has already gone
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The ice flower is rooting in my heart
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Between your beautiful eyes,
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Sorrow has nested
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In your dark tresses,
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Night has fallen
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Your eyes,
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Black like my lonely nights
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My sorrows,
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Dark like your eyes
???? ??? ?? ??? ??? ????? ????
And when this lump in my throat
????? ????
Flows through my eyes like the rain
??? ???? ???????
The flood of sorrows
?????? ????
Lays waste to my oasis
???? ?? ?? ?????? ????????
When you are with me
??? ?????
The wind takes away my loneliness
???? ????? ??????
My tears impinging like the night rain
????? ????
When you are not with me
???? ?? ????? ?? ?? ?? ? ???
Spring has now left my hands
?? ?? ??? ??? ????? ????
The ice flower is rooting in my heart
?? ????? ???? ?? ?????? ???? ?? ????
In my room I'm getting burned from loneliness
??? ????? ??? ??? ????? ????
Oh! The one that has blossomed in this season
?? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ????
How can I sing? My youth has gone, my voice has already gone
?? ?? ??? ??? ????? ????
The ice flower is rooting in my heart
?? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ????
How can I sing? My youth has gone, my voice has already gone
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The ice flower is rooting in my heart
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