Fire of Time
Private Performance in Shour
Year 1372 in the city of Isfahan
Vocals: Mohammadreza Shajarian
Ney: Hassan Kasaei
Tonbak: Homayoun Shajarian
Mixing and Mastering: Mojtaba Niazi
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Hassan Kasaei: Tonight we are at the service of Mr. Rahmani; Dear ladies and gentlemen, to avoid lengthy introductions, I will not introduce everyone individually.
Mr. Shajarian, the master of vocals, has come from Tehran to Isfahan and we are at his service.
He ordered us to perform a program tonight; I, who should practice my lessons in front of Mr. Tahirzadeh, because he is the grand master.
In any case, we are happy that it is a warm gathering, we are together and I will play Shour and Mr. Shajarian will kindly recite and sing some poems, and I will give him the microphone so that he can also speak in memory of tonight.
Mohammadreza Shajarian: With thanks to the world champion of Iranian art, Mr. Hassan Kasaei, who I have the honor to be at his service tonight, and another dear master, Mr. Tahirzadeh, whom I had been wishing to see for several years, and after that night we were at Mr. Reza Kasaei’s house, I had not seen him again.
Until tonight, I was honored again to be in their presence and they have enlightened everyone since the beginning of the evening. Now they have ordered me to humbly recite a couple of lines in their presence to show my learning.
Kasaei: And then we will also use Mr. Tahirzadeh in a segment, if he allows.
Shajarian: Yes, definitely.
Kasaei: Homayoun Khan Shajarian
Except for your threshold, I have no refuge in the world
My head has no destination except this door
If the enemy draws a sword, I will throw down my shield
For our sword is nothing but a lament and a sigh
If time sets fire to my harvest of life
Say burn, for I have nothing worth a straw
Why should I turn my face away from the alley of the tavern?
For there is no better custom or way in this world than this
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Do not take a step towards the alley of love without a guide
For I have made a hundred efforts myself and it did not work
Alas, in search of the treasure map of the desired one
I became ruined by the sorrow of the world, and it did not work
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Do not seek to harm, and do whatever you will
For in our law, there is no sin other than this
As I see traps on all sides of the path
There is no refuge for me better than the protection of her tresses
Do not entrust Hafez’s heart treasure to line and mole
For such deeds are not within the reach of every black [one]
