گُلِستان Gulistan (Story 10) - Saadi Shirazi

[intro, kanun alone, slow sacred melody, 8 bars, the atmosphere of a mosque, reverence and weight, then war drums crash in without warning, tar joins with sharp rhythmic stabs, throat percussion builds underneath, 16 bars total, no voice yet, a king has entered a holy place] [verse 1, rapper vocal, low and narrative, drums steady underneath like a heartbeat of judgement, kanun weaves between the story lines, the scene set with cold precision, no wasted words] بربالین تربت یحیی پیغامبر معتکف بودم در جامع دمشق یکی از ملوک عرب اتفاقا آمد به بی انصافی منسوب بود آن ملک نماز و دعا کرد و حاجت خواست [hook, drums drop to half time, kanun rises alone, rap vocal opens and slows, almost chanted, the universal truth of need delivered quietly, tar plays single notes underneath like drops of water] درویش و غنى بنده این خاك و درند آنان كه غنى ترن محتاجترند [verse 2, drums return, mid energy, storytelling pace, rapper delivering the king's request with irony in his voice, the powerful man afraid, seeking help from the poor, kanun stabs mark the absurdity and the humanity both] آنگه مرا گفت از آنجا که همت درویشان است و صدق معاملت ایشان خاطری همراه من کنید که از دشمنی صعب اندیشناکم [chorus, full ensemble explodes, drums at peak force, tar and kanun locked in hard driving pattern, rapper delivers the answer like a verdict from the tomb itself, throat percussion rattles underneath every word, the only protection named out loud, simple and devastating] گفتمش بر رعیت ضعیف رحمت کن تا از دشمن قوی زحمت نبینی به بازوان توانا و فتوت سر دست خطا است پنجه مسكین ناتوان بشكست [verse 3, beat drops hard to minimal, only tar plucking, single drum pulse every two beats, slow and heavy, rapper slows to maximum weight, each line a stone, the question of fear delivered with cold logic] نترسد آنكه بر افتادگان نبخشاید؟ كه گر ز پاى در آید كسش نگیرد دست هر آنكه تخم بدى كشت و چشم نیكى داشت دماغ بیهده پخت و خیال باطل بست [hook, kanun melody returns, drums half time, rapper's voice rises with controlled fury, the command delivered twice, louder the second time, tar drives urgency underneath] زگوش پنبه برون آر و داد و خلق بده و گر تو مى ندهى داد روز دادى هست و گر تو مى ندهى داد روز دادى هست [verse 4, hardest beat drop of the entire song, war drums full and relentless, throat rapping layered fierce, tar and kanun both at maximum drive, the بنی آدم verses delivered like sacred thunder, every human being a limb of one body, the rapper's voice breaks open on the final image] بنى آدم اعضاى یكدیگرند كه در آفرینش ز یك گوهرند چو عضوى به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضوها را نماند قرار [final chorus, everything at peak, drums war level, kanun and tar interlocked driving forward, throat percussion layered over every beat, the final verdict delivered slow over the storm, each word separated by silence between drum hits, the rapper's most quiet moment inside the loudest music] تو كز محنت دیگران بى غمى نشاید كه نامت نهند آدمى [outro, all instruments cut except kanun, kanun plays the opening sacred melody again, but slower now, heavier, changed by everything said, single drum strike every 4 beats, fading, throat percussion dissolves last, then only kanun, then silence, the tomb again, the prayer unanswered or answered, we do not know which]