Googoosh is an Iranian Azerbaijani singer - she sings in both Persian and Azerbaijani. Unlike many singers, she stayed in Iran after the Islamic revolution, and from 1979 to 2000 effectively put her music career on hold in order to express solidarity with her own people. Her silence contributed to her enduring popularity during this time. Along with singing, she has also acted in several Persian films of the 1960s and 1970s; however, her work as an actress has always been eclipsed by her popularity as a singer. Known for her pulchritude and depth of her songs, she attained the status of a celebrity larger than life. Beside Iran, she still has a wide following in many Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries.
The words in English:
You use to say that you were nothing without me
stay with me forever
I will die without you
what is a flower without a vase
what a mistake I made
I believed in you
One cold day of autumn
you broke your vase
like the bride of flowers (most beautiful)
you settled in the flowerhouse
the spring will come again
i will bring you back
like the (Zinaty)flowers i will plant you back
once again you will say to your vase
to stay with you forever
you will say you will die without the vase
what is a flower without vase
what a mistake I made
I believed in you
16 Comments
choggielovely
lisacatFabulous traditional design backdrop with touch of vegas! Persian textiles and tilework are incredibly beautiful as is this song.
gwaanI'm glad everyone likes this! I first heard it playing in a shop in the far north of Oman. I instantly fell in love with Googoosh's voice and I persuaded the shop-owner to sell me his tape. A few weeks later I took great pleasure driving around Iran listening to it!
lobododowhat's with all the terrorist media lately on the ol'sift?
gwaan"what's with all the terrorist media lately on the ol'sift? " - again with the ignorant hate lobododo! This clip is pre-revolution, as in before the Islamic revolution. Googoosh was banned in Iran under the Islamic revolution. Why don't you learn something about history instead of spreading hate?
Farhad2000*dead
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gwaan*undead
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rickegee*promote
siftbotRe-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Tuesday 27th February 2007 (promotion called by gold star member rickegee)
gwaanCheers rickegee!
k8_fansays...Back in the good old days of Napster (AKA the best single year in the history of recorded music sales), the end came when users could get banned based on having particular artists in their shared collections. My wife had 13,000+ mp3s in her collection, and got a message one morning "You have been banned by Googoosh".
winkler1*dead,sorry
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