Asa From Shahs of Sunset: Rapping at Elat Market + L.A.'s Persian Food Culture
"Fessenjoon"
By Asa Soltan Rahmati
As Translated by Orly Minazad and Siavash Kurdistani
Dearest to my heart
Come sit next to me
Let's tell stories of our homeland
Honey brittle, sour cherry syrup,
Turkish* coffee, hazelnuts and peaches
Good days, bad nights
Thoughts of backgammon
Dearest to my heart
Come sit next to me
Let's tell stories of our homeland
Honey brittle, sour cherry syrup,
Turkish coffee, hazelnuts and peaches
Good days, bad nights
Thoughts of backgammon
[Chorus]
My dear, fessenjoon, badenjoon
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
We've fallen this side, that side
Door to door
Mentally lost and wandering
Diseases of societal, political,
Religious, emotional, physical
East, west
Adrift and disheveled
Chasing after love and life
Memories of honeysuckle
This is our fate
Silent screams
Don't hide like a mouse
Silent screams
Don't hide like a mouse
[Chorus]
My dear, fessenjoon, badenjoon
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
My stone flower
My stone flower
What should I say of my yearning heart
Like sunshine, if you don't shine on me
I'll be cold and colorless
Dearest to my heart
Come sit next to me
Let's tell stories of our homeland
Honey brittle, sour cherry syrup,
Turkish coffee, hazelnuts and peaches
Good days, bad nights
Thoughts of backgammon
[Chorus]
My dear, fessenjoon, badenjoon
Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
*Coffee used for fortune telling
[Italics sample of old Persian song called Goleh Sangam by Haydeh]
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Elat Market
8730 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
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