lyrics, piano, and vocals by Aida Shahghasemi
عکس: آنتوان سوریوگین

دل اگر دير زمانيست جدا مانده از اين روح بلند
ريسمان است كه از دست كوته بوده
جان اگر خالى از اين عشق از اين پر باريست
كاسه مهر تو از كنج لبم كم بوده

بهتر آن نيست تو بردارى از آن دورقدم
دست بندازى و از دل گرهى بگشايى؟
بهتر آن نيست در اين بى مهرى
تو بجنگى، تو بميرى، تو كرم بگذارى؟

وقت بگذشت و در اين شهر بلند
همچنان مانده به اميد تو، دلباخته، افسرده، پريشان، دربند
بهترين داده اين زندگى كوته را
به تو بستم انگار
كه خودم بگزينم
كه خودم بردارم
كه خودم بگذارم.


و نپرسيدم از اين خويش، از اين وجدان درآخر روز
من چه كردم كه شعف انگيزم دردل تو؟
من چه كردم امروز؟ 
من چه كردم امروز؟

شعر: آیدا شاه قاسمی

همه چیز تقصیر باد است

Aida Shahghasemi is a Minneapolis based musician with roots in Iran. She studied Psychology and Anthropology at University of Minnesota with a focus on the cultural aspects of Persian Classical Music and the restrictions imposed on the voices of Iranian female vocalists. She received her Masters degree from New York University in Arts Politics where she also served as an adjunct instructor teaching a course she developed on arts activism in Iran. She has worked with a number of different Art and Social Advocacy groups in New York and Minnesota as a musician, graphic designer, and developer and has served as an Assistant Program Coordinator at Hamline University’s Making Waves Social Justice Theatre Troupe. She has been a touring member of Iron and Wine and Marketa Irglova’s band while also being a recording artist on two of Glen Hansard’s albums. Her three albums are “Wind Between the Horse’s Ears,” released in 2015, “Cypress of Abarkooh,” released in 2019 and “Chashmandaaze Rooydaad,” released in August of 2022. She is a McKnight Music Fellow and serves as an adjunct faculty in the MFA program at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Aida is a mental health therapist at Hiraeth Psychotherapy and works primarily with adults and couples dealing with trauma.