From Lennie Clark's Web Site:

گل سنگم
Gole Sangiam

(Flower of Stone)

This page contains a translation into English of the lyrics to the beautiful Persian song "Gole Sangiam", which means "Flower of Stone". Also included is a transliteration of the Farsi lyrics into the Roman alphabet so you can sing along if you like. Sometimes the song title is spelled as "Goli Sangam", "Gole Sangim," or "Gole Sangiem".

• Gole Sangiam (Flower of Stone), 1970's
• Song Title in Farsi: گل سنگم
• Lyricist: Bijan Samandar
• Composer: Anoushirvan Rouhani
• Original Artist: Emel Sayın

Other artists who have recorded this song include Hayedeh and Sattar. Although Emel Sayın was the first to record it, Hayedeh was the one who made the song a worldwide hit.

Listen to MP3 Clips of This Song

	Instrumental Version by Brothers of the Baladi (Eye on the World)
	Vocal Version by Brothers of the Baladi (Heart of the Beast)
	Vocal Version by John Bilezijian

Lyrics

Where to Get Recordings of this Song

	Listen to Clip	Artist: Brothers of the Baladi CD Title: Eye On the World
	Listen to Clip	Artist: Brothers of the Baladi Album Title: Heart of the Beast
	Listen to Clip	Artist: John Bilezikjian & Var Daghdevirian Album Title: Tapestry of the Dance Dantz Records - John Bilezikjian P.O. Box 2434 Laguna Hills, CA 92654-2434 U.S.A. Telephone: (+1) (949) 581-5664 Web Site: www.dantzrecords.com
		Artist: Sirocco Album Title: Sirocco Volume 3
		Artist: Scott Wilson Album: Live at Le Figaro

Acknowledgements

About the Translation

Note from Lennie Clark: The Persian lyrics and translation of this haunting song were sent to me by Eva Cernik. I had seen her dance to the song on her Eva As Dancer II video (available through her website). and fallen in love with it. I later showed the translation to Persian musician Darioush Sami and he helped me with the pronunciation and changed a few syllables of the transliteration in a couple of places, but approved the translation. One of the most charming parts of this song is the downward instrumental phrase which comes at the end of each verse.

About the Source

This article originally appeared on Lennie Clark's web site, "Arabic Song Translations." Lennie created this web site in 2002 as a response to discussion on the Internet regarding incidents of dancers who performed inappropriate sensual dances to religious music. Lennie's web site resided on a free web hosting service known as Geocities. When the planned October 2009 closure of the Geocities web hosting service was announced, Lennie and Shira agreed to move the contents of Lennie's site to Shira.net. To explore all the articles and song translations that once appeared on Lennie's Geocities site, visit Lennie's portal page here on Shira.net.

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