- Genre: Smooth Balearic Chillout Downtempo, Spanish Guitar & Ambient Electronic
- Music & Lyric Adaptation: Tony Zohari
- Language: English
- Poet: Sohrab Sepehri
- Original Poem Language: Persian
- Themes: Iranian Poetry | Persian Poetry After Dark | In English
Lyric: The Address
Where is the friend’s house?
Where is the friend’s house?
The rider asked
in the twilight.
Heaven paused…
The passer-by
bestowed the flood of light
on his lips
to the darkness of sands,
And pointed to a poplar
and said:
Near the tree…
Near the tree…
Is a garden-line
greener than God’s dream?
Where love is bluer
than the feathers of honesty.
Walk to the end of the lane
which emerges from behind puberty…
Walk…
to the end of the lane…
Then turn
towards the flower of solitude.
Two steps to the flower,
two steps to the flower…
Stay by the eternal
mythological fountain of earth,
Where a transparent fear
will visit you.
Where a transparent fear
will visit you…
Where is the friend’s house?
Where is the friend’s house?
In the flowing intimacy
of the space,
You will hear
a rustling sound…
You will hear
a rustling sound…
You will see a child,
Who has ascended
a tall plane tree
To pick up chicks
from the nest of light.
A child…
A tall plane tree…
The nest of light…
The nest of light…
And ask him…
Ask him…
Where is the friend’s house?
Where is the friend’s house?
Ask him:
Where is the friend’s house?
Where is the friend’s house?
Near the tree…
A garden-line
greener than God’s dream…
Where love is bluer
than the feathers of honesty…
Two steps to the flower…
Stay by the eternal
mythological fountain of earth…
And ask him…
Where is the friend’s house?
Where is the friend’s house?
About Sohrab Sepehri
Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980) was one of modern Iran’s most distinctive poets and painters. His poetry is known for its simplicity, dreamlike imagery, and deep connection with nature, spirituality and the inner world. Influenced by Persian mysticism as well as Zen, Taoist and Eastern philosophies, Sepehri developed a poetic language that invites the reader to slow down and see the world differently.
The Address is one of his most evocative poems, turning a simple question — “Where is the friend’s house?” — into a quiet journey through trees, light, solitude, childhood and the natural world. His poetry continues to resonate because of its sense of wonder, intimacy and universal search for connection.
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