"All my being is a dark verse
that repeats you to the dawn
of unfading flowering and growth.
I conjured you in my poem with a sigh
and grafted you to water, fire, and trees”
Except from Reborn by Forough Farrokhzad. Translated by Sholeh Wolpé.
For kamancheh and tape.
Written for and premiered by Niloufar Shiri.
Recorded on March 1, 2025, at Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)