Azam Ali “Once More, All Is Green” (سبز است دوباره) Official Music Video for Farhang Performances

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:44:17 +0000

Farhang Foundation proudly presents the World Premiere of Azam Ali's latest masterpiece “Once More, All Is Green (سبز است دوباره),” a soul-stirring performance featuring Efren Lopez. Based on a powerful poem by Hila Sedighi, this piece is a musical tribute to hope, resilience, and renewal.

Shot under the direction of Shadi Amini with cinematography by Ryan Seif and dance by Tara Pandeya, Azam Ali’s vision for the video evokes the grandeur of Mughal-era aesthetics, rich architecture, expressive movement, and lush visuals, as a metaphor for collective healing and the reclaiming of freedom.

🕊️ Let this performance carry you toward a future of light, renewal, and possibility.
Presented by Farhang Foundation.

English Translation of the song:
I am of the soil, yet this soil is not of my flesh and soul,
It seems this nation of wrath is no longer my own.
Here, pen, honor, and law have all been broken,
And with a colorless flag, they have settled on our home

They stole the steps from beneath the people's feet,
Took away their vote, breath, and rights by deceit
The poem we once sang, they stole with a hundred lies
Then played it everywhere with a tune of disguise.

With axe in hand, they tore open this garden’s chest,
And birds of hope fled every branch and nest.
They stole the blessings from this grief-stricken land,
This ancient home now drowned in sorrow and torment

From its majestic history, only ruin remains,
A garden full of blight and disease is all that’s left.
From the tribe of Rostam, Sohrab, and Siavash,
Alas, just a hundred grieving men are left behind.

From the land of philosophy, poetry, and faith,
Now ignorance, wrath, denial, and neglect remain.
We cried patriotic songs of homeland, but they wouldn’t hear,
And now every free soul's voice hangs from the gallows in fear.

Yesterday, they handed rifles to every mirror,
And led hundreds of unblossomed flowers to their deadly fate.
Mortar and blood, endless nights and pain,
Yet tulips, jasmine, and cypress stood firm in resistance.

Those who remained behind the caravan of the brave,
Took the spoils of war from the ruins of the grave

The axe, unaware, has no home but the wild,
Though made of the tree, it is rootless
Though the garden is worn from autumn’s deep sorrow,
From the blood of our nation’s youth, tulips have bloomed
A hundred flowers bloom with the breath of spring's breeze,
Each kissed gently by the lips of the rain with ease.

The Phoenix shall rise, with the soul of a thousand years
And spread its wings from this cage of blood and flame
With snow, the earth will melt all hatred and pain,
And tomorrow, we’ll see the land green again.
It is green once again

Musicians:
Azam Ali- Voice, Production
Efren Lopez- Rabab, Santoor, Daf, Tanpura, Kudum, Additional Production
Miriam Encinas- Dilruba
Ciro- Montanari- Tabla
Mixed by Loga Ramin Torkian

Makeup by Jon Lieckfelt

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