Chi Mishod (What would have happened?) Lyrics

گاهی در شَکَم که ایران مانده بودم

Gahi dar shakam ke Iran maande boodam

Sometimes I am in doubt if I had stayed in Iran

این همه سال من به دنبال چه بودم

In hame saal man be donbale che boodam

What I would be looking for all these years

با رنجی که تو ایرانه شاید قبل تر از این تا الان

Ba ranji ke to Irane, shayad ghabl tar az in ta alan

With all the hardships that existed in Iran till now

من فاتحم را خوانده بودم

Man fateham ra khande boodam

I wouldn't have survived

شاید ایران بودم من یک آدم فاسد در پشت نقاب برده بودم

Shayad Iran boodam, man yek adame fased dar poshte neghab barde boodam.

Maybe if I were in Iran, I would be a corrupt person behind a mask

یا شاید که میماندم من تا الان یک آدم بی روحو یک افسرده بودم

Ya shayad ke mimandam, man ta alan yek adame bi rouh o yek afsorde boodam

Or maybe if I stayed, I would be a hopeless and depressed person now

شاید که یه فرهیخته شاید زباله گرد یا یک ادم معتاد بودم

Shayad ke ye farhikhte, shayad zobale gard ya yek adame moa'tad boodam

Maybe I would be an educated person, scavenger or an addict

شاید که میماندم من الان شهید سوم خرداد بودم

Shayad ke mimandam man alan shahide sevome khordad boodam

Maybe if I had stayed, I would have been martyred on May 24 (1982)

شاید پزشکی میشدم در عالم خویش

Shayad Pezeshki mishodam dar alame kheesh

Maybe I would become a doctor in my own world

یا شایدم مسئولی با یک عالمه ریش

Ya shayadam masouli ba yek alame rish

Or maybe I would become a bearded official

شاید لباس آیت الله در تنم بود

Shayad Lebase Ayatollah dar tanam bood

Maybe I would put on Ayatollah clothes

تا هر نمازی من بایستم از همه پیش

Ta har namazi man beistam az hame pish

To be a chaplain in every prayer

شاید که قاضی میشدم در راس قانون

Shaya ke ghazi mishodam dar ra'se ghanoon

Maybe I would be a judge having the law under his control

یا شایدم یک آدم بیکار نادون

Ya shayadam yek adame bikare nadoon

Or maybe an ignorant unemployed person

شاید منم مثل همه در سرزمینم

Shayad manam mesle hame dar sarzaminam

Maybe like all people in my homeland

حمالی میکردم برای لقمه ای نون

Hammali mikardam baraye loghmei noon

I would be a porter to make a living

چی میشد دلم میخواد بدونم که چی میشد

Chi mishod, delam mikhad bedoonam ke chi mishod?

What would happen, I want to know what would happen?

اگه ایران بودم این من کی میشد

Age Iran boodam, in man ki mishod?

If I was in Iran, who would I be?

اگه میفهمیدم شاید تا حالا

Age mifahmidam shayad ta hala

If I knew until now

برام دوری ازین خاک سخت نمیشد

Baram doori az in khak sakht nemishod

It would not be difficult for me to be far from this land