For the ultimate prize

Zan, zendegi, azadi, zan Zan, zendegi, azadi For the sleeping pills and our sleepless nights For the girls who wish to be born as boys Patriarchy is invisible like air We stand against it everywhere For dancing in the streets For kissing in the streets For my sister, your sister, our sisters in Iran Mahsa Amini Nika Shakarami Ghazaleh Hadis Hananeh Kia Sarina Minoo Hadieh Hajar Say their names For owning their expression For changing rusted minds For yearning for an ordinary life For the sleeping pills and our sleepless nights For the girls who wish to be born as boys For women, life, freedom For women Women, life, freedom Women, life Women, life Women, life, freedom Zan, zendegi, azadi For non-stop tears For smiling faces For students For their future that this forced heaven erases For imprisoned elite students For afghan kids For all these countless fors For all these meaningless slogans For the collapse of your houses For killing your own children For eyes and nations looking away For peace, serenity and the sunrise after a long dark night For the sleeping pills and our sleepless nights For the girls who wish to be born as boys I will wear what I want I will dance where I want Jin, jian, azadi Women, life, freedom Women, life Women, life Women, life, freedom Freedom Zan, zendegi, azadi For women paying the ultimate prize: their lives For Persian, Kurdish, Azari For women all over the world For voices that cannot be heard For those that are free to say Through privileged bodies and platforms we pray Until women in Iran are free Until all women are free Our flames of fury will kill your tyranny Zan, zendegi, azadi For the sleeping pills and our sleepless nights For the girls who wish to be born as boys I will wear what I want I will dance where I want Patriarchy is invisible like air We stand against it everywhere We eat it up, you eat our hair We eat it up, you eat our hair We eat you up And you can eat our hair