Persian Meters Database
Recording 23

Meter: LH - HLH - HLH - HLH (Meter 15)
Meter family: 5.a
Interval between taps: 5 moras
Time span: 0:13 --- 0:28
Performer: Hassan Reza Abdollahi
LH)(*HLH)(*HLH)(*HLH)(*μμ
jahɑnrɑtekɑndɑdenɑhoseyn

LH)(*HLH)(*HLH)(*HLH)(*μμ
bovadtɑghiɑmatghiɑhoseyn

LH)(*HLH)(*HLH)(*HLH)(*μμ
bovadtɑghiɑmatghiɑhoseyn

Translation:
The name of of Husayn has shaken the world
Husayn's uprising shall continue forever
Husayn's uprising shall continue forever
Note:
In all of the metra that include silence, the exact position of the metron boundary is difficult to determine since it falls between the second and third moras of a superheavy syllable ("seyn"). Therefore, pause information are not included in this example. It must be noted that in this recording, like many other performances that use 5-based meters, it seems that the performance is not exactly based on a 5-based rhythm. Apparently, the last syllable in each metron seems to be lengthened to make the rhythm similar to a 6-based rhythm. Whether this is precisely what is happening or not is difficult to determine without an extensive examination of more data because syllable length differences are too subtle to be measurable with just a few verses.