Daraish: Zuhairiya / The Ordinary People of Iran

The people in your country do not know what is happening.

They are exhausted, at their last breath, unable to keep up with life.

From house to house, a river of sorrow flows.

Their homes are empty, devoid of joy.

The nights of anguish have grown long, and conditions have not changed.

Half a century... and their branches have dried up under the suns.

And the gardens of their neighbors have flowing rivers!

(1) What is happening

(2) Keeping up with life

(3) Nights of exhaustion and illness

(4) Conditions have not changed

(5) Dried up, i.e., arid