عشق شوری در نهاد ما نهاد
جان ما در بوته سودا نهاد

how my heart collapsed with the memory: a dear, dear friend, who taught me to read in Persian, writing out the lyrics so i could follow along.. chosen for its beauty, its slow pace, and Eftekhari's excellent enunciation

hearing it suddenly, all these years later.. the trembling in my bones