Klezmer Cantorial Clarinet Lament
Style Prompt:
Klezmer-inspired Ashkenazi style, soulful and mournful male vocal. Slow, rubato phrasing like a cantorial chant. Clarinet as lead instrument playing ornamented, weeping melodies. Minor key (Freygish mode), string quartet accompaniment. Nostalgic, deep spiritual longing, intimate
Lyrics
[Verse]
[Style: Balkan Female Sevdah]
[Verse 1]
mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Rou sar beneh be bâlin... tanhâ marâ rahâ kon!
Tark-e man-e kharâb-e... shabgard-e mobtalâ kon!
[Verse 2]
Mâyim o mowj-e sowdâ... shab tâ be rooz tanhâ
Khâhi biyâ bebakhshâ... khâhi boro jafâ kon!
[Chorus - Refrain]
Rou sar beneh be bâlin... tanhâ marâ rahâ kon!
Tark-e man-e kharâb-e... shabgard-e mobtalâ kon!
[Verse 3]
Az man goriz, tâ to ham... dar balâ nayofti
Bogzin rah-e salâmat... tark-e rah-e balâ kon!
[Verse 4]
Mâyim o âb-e dideh... dar konj-e gham khazideh
Bar âb-e dideh-ye mâ... sad jâ-ye âsiyâ kon!
[Chorus - Refrain]
Row sar beneh be bâlin... tanhâ marâ rahâ kon!
Tark-e man-e kharâb-e... shabgard-e mobtalâ kon!
[Verse 5]
Khireh-koshi-st mâ râ... dârad deli cho khârâ
Bokoshad, kasash naguyad... Tadbir-e khoonbahâ kon!
[Verse 6]
Bar shâh-e khoobrooyân... vâjeb vafâ nabâshad
Ey zard-rooy-e âshegh... To sabr kon, vafâ kon!
[Chorus - Refrain]
Ro sar beneh be bâlin... tanhâ marâ rahâ kon!
Tark-e man-e kharâb-e... shabgard-e mobtalâ kon!
[Verse 7]
Dardi-st gheyr-e mordan... ân râ davâ nabâshad
Pas man chegooneh gooyam... k'in dard râ davâ kon!
[Verse 8]
Dar khâb, doosh, piri... dar kooy-e eshgh didam
Bâ dast eshâratam kard... ke azm-e sooy-e mâ kon!
[Final Chorus - Slow, Rubato]
Roü…. sar beneh be bâliiiiin... tanhâ…… marââaaaaa rahâãaaaa ko….n!
Tark-eeeeee man-e… kharâb-eeeee… shabgaáaaaard-eęe mo…œb talâæ… kö…..õ….n.