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# Iran arrests musician as song with crowd-sourced lyrics goes viral
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/iran-arrests-musician-as-song-with-crowd-sourced-lyrics-goes-viral/
- Published: 2022-10-06T14:13:40.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-06T14:13:44.000Z
- Description: One of Iran’s most popular musicians has been arrested after the song he wrote using the words of ordinary Iranians voicing their anguish and anger in the wake of Mahsa. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/10/iran-arrests-musician-as-song-with-crowd-sourced-lyrics-goes-viral.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Politics & Protests, Songwriting & Music Publishing, DIY musicians, music, Music Business, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

One of Iran’s most popular musicians has been arrested after the song he wrote using the words of ordinary Iranians voicing their anguish and anger in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of the morality police went viral.

The lyrics to Shervin Hajipour’s song Baraye are entirely made up of messages that average Iranians have posted online about why they are protesting. Each message begins with the word Baraye which means “For” or “Because of …” in Farsi.

#### English Translation of Baraye

For the sake of dancing in the street  
For the fear in the moment of kissing  
For my sister, your sister, our sisters  
For changing the eroded brains  
For the shame, For the poverty  
For the yearning for a normal life  
For the sake of the poor child that searches in the garbage, and their dreams  
For this authoritarian economy  
For this polluted air  
For Vali-‘asr and the withered trees  
For Piruz and his probable extinction  
For the innocent forbidden dogs  
For the non-stop crying  
For the dream of reminiscing about this moment in history  
For a laughing face  
For the students, For the future  
For this mandatory “paradise”  
For the imprisoned intellectuals  
For the Afghan children  
For all of this, For the lack of repetition  
For all this hollow slogans  
For the ruins of these badly-built houses  
For the feeling of peace and tranquility  
For the sun after long nights  
For the mental illness pills and insomnia  
For men, fatherland, prosperity  
For the sake of the girl that wished she was a boy  
For women, life, freedom  
For freedom  
For freedom  
For freedom

Onlne videos show the song being sung by schoolgirls in Iran, barring from cars in Tehran, and played at protests in Washington, Strasbourg, and London.

The singer has now been released on bail after he deleted the song from Instagram. But others are posting it online.

A video of the song created using artificial intelligence also captures the mood.

#### Grammy Campaign

A campaign has started to encourage both the public and voting members to[ nominate the song for a Grammy ](https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1IzJzYmAX1Bwi42LeCdkockFryDT894qZxzGfTGzDvcM/mobilebasic?urp=gmail%5Flink&ref=hypebot.com)in the best song for social change category.