Persian Meters Database

Recording 12

Meter:	LHLH - LHLH - LHLH - LHLH (Meter 52)
Meter family:	6.e
Interval between taps:	12 moras
Time span:	0:19 --- 0:37
Average length of complete metra:	1.47s
Range of lengths of complete metra:	1.38s --- 1.62s
Length of metra that contain pauses:	1.46s
Performer:	Mahmoud Karimi

(*LH	LH)	(LHLH)	(*LHL	H)(L	H	LH)
bar-in	hamē	kabūdiō	kharɑsh	gerye	kon	alī
(1.55	LH)	(1.44)	(1.43	H)(1.43	H	LH)

(*μμμμ	H)(L	H	LH)
\phantom{a}	gerye	kon	alī
(1.46	H)(1.50	H	LH)

(*L	H	L	H)(L	H	LH)	(*LHL	H)(L	H	LH)
to	rɑ	be	jɑne	man	faghat	yavɑsh	gerye	kon	alī
(1.47	H	L	H)(1.49	H	LH)	(1.44	H)(1.46	H	LH)

(*LHL	H)(L	H	LH)
yavɑsh	gerye	kon	alī
(1.62	H)(1.38	H	LH)

Translation:

Weep over these bruises and scratches, Ali!
Weep, Ali!
I implore you, weep with a low voice, Ali!
It turns wine into passion

Note:

This poem shares its meter family with that of recording 12 but the tapping rate is considerably slower here. An interesting phenomenon in this recording is the pause at the beginning of the second verse. The second verse has a different beginning than the rest of the verses (we can say that it has a different meter family). Note that this is not necessarily a property of the meter. The performer has chosen to repeat the last three words in the verse in a new verse and has filled the missing initial moras of the new verse with silence. In the fourth verse, the audience pronounces the word "yavɑsh" too, making the silence unnecessary.