سرود ایرانی شادی – شعری از مجید نفیسی

Beethoven’s Symphony No. Nine based on Schiller’s poem “Ode to Joy”

The Iranian Ode to Joy

By Majid Naficy

Remember

We , too, in the Revolution

Sang the Ode to Joy

When statues fell,

Prisons opened

And we embraced each other.

Alas, the sparks of that joy

Burned the red-light district,

Ignited the “Holy War”

And set up execution squads.

And yet,my friend,

We deserve freedom!

Let us resume the Ode to Joy

And build our joyland together.

        December 7, 2020