We
have all taken our seats. There is this hush of
excitement, everyone's eyes on the stage with anticipation.
It turned out to be a long wait but no one complained.
At
the sight of any movement near the stage, the crowd would
erupt in cheers and applause then silence! No, it is
not her. Not our Googoosh. Not yet. May be
later.
We
watched the beautiful graphics that I had seen on your
Website on the Jumbotron with no music. The irony
was not lost on me and I don't think it was lost on anyone
else in the Concert Hall. The pictures showed her
singing but no sound is heard. That in itself was
enough to have you wonder in frustration that what was
happening was A CRYING
SHAME.
Then
we saw her on the Jumbotron speaking to us.
Beautifully. She thanked not only everyone present but
all who were absent for their love and support. She
said that she wanted us to be her voice. So we became
her voice through the whole night. IT
WAS JUST AMAZING. YOU'D FEEL TOTAL EXHILARATION
SINGING HER SONGS AND WANTED TO CRY AT THE SAME TIME.
I had never experienced such extreme opposite ends of
emotions in my entire life. The whole time wondering
"how could they do this to her".
The
show finally started with the dancers. At the end of
each dance, there would be a loud applause, then silence.
You could hear everyone thinking: "O.K. This is
all nice. But
where is our Beloved!
That stage belongs to her. Only her".
Then
the eruption of the loudest cheers, and applause. It
was her. Googoosh. Walking on the floor to take
her seat in the front row. Then silence. ”What?
She is not going to be on the stage? We know she is
not allowed to sing, but can't she just be standing on the
stage to see the love in everyone's face?" It
just didn't seem right. Something was terribly wrong
with this picture! Then we learned the awful truth. SHE
WAS NOT ALLOWED ON THE STAGE. OH, MY GOD. WHAT A
CRYING SHAME.
But,
it did not matter. Still on our feet, we all resumed
our chanting of love and applause for her wonderful
presence. The love was so powerful that it seemed
to me at any moment everyone would start running towards her
to hug her and to assure her that we were there to support
her; and that she has our devotion for ever; she doesn't
have to sing; we will sing her songs for her. AND
SO WE DID. FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
JUST FOR HER AND NO ONE ELSE!
Mehrdad
did a great job. I was so proud of him. He sang
her songs, he sang them "to her" with such
love and respect. We were all on our feet through the
whole songs, singing, holding and waiving her beautiful
picture in the air, looking at her on the Jumbotron; taking
in her familiar appreciative smile and the shaking of her
head with tears in her eyes. What an amazing sight.
Again.
Mehrdad did a great job. He has my admiration. I
did not know of him before. THANK
YOU MEHRDAD FOR SHOWING SUCH SINCERITY SINGING THE WORDS OF
HER BEAUTIFUL SONGS AND DEDICATING THEM ALL TO HER.
I am sure Mehrdad could tell that the loud cheers
and applause after each performance were not only for
our Precious Googoosh but also in appreciation of him for
performing them with such love. He knew what the night
was all about. He was selfless and very
gracious,
WHAT
A NIGHT. THE SIGNING, THE CHANTING OF LOVE, THE CHEERS
AND THE APPLAUSE WENT ON FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT,
EACH TIME FOLLOWED BY THE FEW SECONDS OF SILENCE WHERE YOU
COULD HEAR, YES HEAR, EVERYONE THINKING IN FRUSTRATION
"HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING?"
Then
came the climax! Singing of the Iranian National Song.
Mehrdad and Kambiz holding the
original and true Iranian Flag on the stage, and our
Googoosh standing on the floor, holding and waiving another
Flag above her head singing the song with all of us.
As loud as could be. I wish you were there.
Just to see the range of emotions in her beautiful face.
I
was heart broken. I wanted to slap somebody.
Badly!?!
Then
she left. And there was that silence again.
Everyone walking outside towards whatever transportation was
awaiting us without saying a word. Normally there
would be this expression of excitement of watching her
beautiful performance and everyone having something to say.
But not this time. You
could HEAR EVERYONE THINKING: "HOW COULD THIS BE?
HOW COULD THEY TAKE THE JOY OF PERFORMING AWAY FROM OUR
BELOVED? HOW CRUEL. WHAT A CRYING SHAME."
I
still have a lump in my throat. I listened to her
songs driving home from the Airport last night. The
lump in my throat got even bigger.
BUT
I JUST WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT SHE SAW AND FELT THE
LOVE MORE THAN EVER. AT LEAST THAT IS MY COCEPTION.
I
cannot end this by not saying that there should have been
more of us there. There should not have been an empty
seat in the Concert Hall. But,
alas, there was.
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