🇮🇷 78 — Iran — Bandari
Traditional Iranian Bandari folk dance song from the Persian Gulf region, female lead vocal only with energetic shouted responses, strong rhythmic drive led by frame drum (daf) patterns, claps and foot stomps, fast and elastic tempo designed for continuous dance, minimal melodic content, emphasis on groove and bodily pulse, cyclic structure with long repetitive choruses and extended percussion breaks, raw communal energy, playful and assertive female presence, natural acoustic feel without studio gloss, folkloric and physical rather than lyrical, authentic Bandari character without pop, classical Persian art music, electronic elements or cinematic treatment.
🇮🇷 78 — Iran — Bandari
Traditional Iranian Bandari folk dance song from the Persian Gulf region, female lead vocal only with energetic shouted responses, strong rhythmic drive led by frame drum (daf) patterns, claps and foot stomps, fast and elastic tempo designed for continuous dance, minimal melodic content, emphasis on groove and bodily pulse, cyclic structure with long repetitive choruses and extended percussion breaks, raw communal energy, playful and assertive female presence, natural acoustic feel without studio gloss, folkloric and physical rather than lyrical, authentic Bandari character without pop, classical Persian art music, electronic elements or cinematic treatment.
Lyrics
Hey!
→ Hey!
Ha!
→ Ha!
Hey!
→ Hey!
Ha!
→ Ha!
shab ke miyad
→ when night comes
darya josh mizane
→ the sea boils / churns
pa roo khak
→ foot on the ground
tan khodesh larzane
→ the body trembles by itself
garma too tan
→ heat inside the body
bad az jonub miyad
→ the wind comes from the south
del bidar mishe
→ the heart awakens
tan seda midad
→ the body makes sound
Hey!
→ Hey!
bia beraghs!
→ come dance!
Ha!
→ Ha!
tan ra vel kon!
→ let the body go!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey bandari!
→ Hey bandari!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey bandari!
→ Hey bandari!
tan mijombe!
→ the body jumps!
pa mizane!
→ the feet strike!
Hey!
→ Hey!
Ha!
→ Ha!
Hey!
→ Hey!
Ha!
→ Ha!
in ahang
→ this song
baraye goosh nist
→ is not for listening
baraye tane
→ it is for the body
ke khodesh rah midahist
→ that gives its own direction
zarb-e daf
→ the strike of the frame drum
mige key boro
→ tells when to go
key bemo
→ when to stay
key bargardo
→ when to return
Hey!
→ Hey!
bia beraghs!
→ come dance!
Ha!
→ Ha!
tan ra vel kon!
→ let the body go!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey bandari!
→ Hey bandari!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey bandari!
→ Hey bandari!
begard!
→ turn!
bepich!
→ twist!
tan ra raa kon!
→ free the body!
Hey!
→ Hey!
darya!
→ sea!
bad!
→ wind!
tan!
→ body!
in seda
→ this sound
baraye namayesh nist
→ is not for display
baraye zendegi-st
→ it is for living
ke too tan minevisht
→ that writes itself inside the body
vaghti harf baste mishe
→ when speech is closed
tan boland mishe
→ the body rises
raghs migire
→ it begins to dance
va rah peyda mishe
→ and a path is found
Hey…
→ Hey…
bia beraghs…
→ come dance…
Ha…
→ Ha…
tan ra vel kon…
→ let the body go…
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey bandari!
→ Hey bandari!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey bandari!
→ Hey bandari!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Bandari!
→ Bandari!
Hey!
→ Hey!
Ha!
→ Ha!