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Recording 10
Meter: H - HLLH - HLLH - HLLH - H (Meter 7)
Meter family: 6.d
Interval between taps: 6 moras
Time span: 1:10 --- 1:32
Average length of complete metra: 1.40s
Range of lengths of complete metra: 1.33s --- 1.49s
Length of metra that contain pauses: 1.41s, 1.46s, 1.46s
Performer: Sayyed Azim Hosseini
H)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*Hμμ
jennōmalak-emshabhamebarsīnezanɑnand
H)(1.43LLH)(1.42LLH)(1.49LH)(1.41

H)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*Hμμ
darnɑleozɑrīhameoshshɑghojonɑnand
H)(1.36LH)(1.33LLH)(1.39LH)(1.46

H)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*Hμμ
ɑhēhamegītɑsarekeyvɑnbovad-emshab
H)(1.44LLH)(1.39LLH)(1.36LLH)(1.46

H)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*HLLH)(*Hμμ
darkarbobalɑshɑmegharībɑnbovad-emshab
H)(1.35)(1.35LH)(1.49LLH)(H

Translation:
Jinns and angels are all beating on their chests tonight
Weeping and moaning, they are like lovers and lunatics
Their loud sighs can be heard in Saturn too.
Tonight, it is the night of the forsaken in Karbala