Persian night

English translation: Reference to the night Jesus was born

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English term or phrase:	Persian night
Selected answer:	Reference to the night Jesus was born
Entered by:	Shirley Fan

09:33 Nov 7, 2007

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

English term or phrase: Persian night

When the music's over
When the music's over here
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
When the music's over
When the music's over
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end

Cancel my subscription to the resurrection
Send my credentials to the house of detention
I got some friends inside

The face in the mirror won't stop
The girl in the window won't drop
A feast of friends alive she cried
Waiting for me outside

Before I sink into the big sleep
I want to hear
I want to hear
The scream of the butterfly

Come back, baby
Back into my arms

We're getting tired of hangin' around
Waitin' around
With our heads to the ground

I hear a very gentle sound
Very near
Yet very far
Very soft
Yet very clear
Come today
Come today

What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?

Ravaged and plundered
And ripped her
And bit her
Stuck her with knives
In the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences
And dragged her down

I hear a very gentle sound
With your ear down to the ground?br>We want the world and we want it,
We want the world and we want it, now
Now? Now!

Persian night! babe
See the light! babe
Save us!
Jesus!
Save us!

So when the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the light
Turn out the light
For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end

So when the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the light
Turn out the light

I wondered what the meaning of Persian night
And can someone tell me the story of this song of Jim Morrison?Thank you very much!

Shirley Fan KudoZ activity Questions: 678 (9 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 4
Local time: 07:19

Reference to the night Jesus was born

Explanation:
According to this link:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=235

Selected response from:

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 01:19

Grading comment

Thank you very very much!That really helps a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

marverlous night in a story of 1001 nights of Persian

Pham Huu Phuoc

3 +1

Reference to the night Jesus was born

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales

comment

Ken Cox

Answers

48 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

persian night

Reference to the night Jesus was born

Explanation:
According to this link:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=235

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 01:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you very very much!That really helps a lot!

2 hrs confidence:

persian night comment

Explanation:
This is essentially poetry using imagery that has particular or personal signifance to the artist, and like all such poetry it can be difficult to interpret, particularly at the level of individual images. Probably the only person who could explain the meaning of 'Persian night' here is Jim Morrison, and he isn't talking.

Ken Cox
Local time: 01:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 27

20 hrs confidence:

persian night marverlous night in a story of 1001 nights of Persian

Explanation:
persian night : the author refers to a mythological popular story of 1001 nights of Persian

Pham Huu Phuoc
Vietnam
Local time: 06:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Vietnamese

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