لالا لالا گل گندم
"A traditional lullaby from Sirjan (A city in Kerman Province, Iran)."
لالایی محلی سیرجان
Lala means "sleep".
لالا لالا گل گندم
La La Wheat Flower
Lullaby
Lullaby
(Persian)
(English)
لالا لالا گل گندم /برات گهواره می بندوم /اگر امر خدا باشه / که گهوارت طلا باشه
لالا لالا گلم باشی / تسلای دلم باشی /بخوابی از سرم واشی /نمیری همدمم باشی
لالا لالا گلم باشی / به گاچو بلبلم باشی / به گاچو بلبل باغی / که از گل بهترم باشی
لالا لالا لالاش میا / دره وا کن باباش میا /دره واکن باباش میا /صدای کفش پاش میا
لالا لالا تومختاری / همه خوابند تو بیداری /بحق احمد مختار / نبینی درد نشی بیمار
لالا لالا لالایی / توره دادم ملایی / تو ره دادم که ملا شی /ندادم از سرم واشی
لالا لالا به خو میره /گله برم به اوو میره /سگ تازی جلو میره /میشای گوزل به او میره
لالا لالا گل لاله /پلنگ در کوه می ناله /پلنگ پیر بی دندون / خری خورده خوده پالون /سگی خورده دره دالون
Lala lala wheat flower,
I'll make you a cradle
If God allows it
Your cradle will be of gold.
Lala lala be my flower,
Be my heart's solace (1)
Sleep, get off my back! (2)
Stay alive, be my companion
Lala lala be my flower,
In the Gachou (3) be my nightingale
In the Gachou you are the garden nightingale
Such that you are better than the flower for me.
Lala lala my kid is sleepy,
Open the door his/her father is coming,
You can hear his/her father's footsteps.
Lala lala you are free,
Everybody slept but you are awake
By the grace of beloved Prophet Ahemd (4)
I wish you relief from your pain and disease.
Lala lala lala-ee I took you to a Mullah (5)
I took you there to become literate
Not to get rid of you!
La la lala my kid is going to sleep.
My flock of lambs is going to drink water,
The sheepdog is moving in front of the flock,
The beautiful ewe is going to drink water.
Lala lala tulip flower,
The leopard moans in the mountain,
Toothless old leopard,
A donkey has eaten a sack!
And a dog has eaten the door of the hall!
Notes
(1) Give me solace.
(2) Yes, it means that the baby is bothering her somehow, because you know how it takes time to get a baby to sleep!
(3) A Gachou is a kind of cradle which was hung from the corners of the room.
(4) Ahemd is another name for the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Fatima wrote, "People in the Middle East (regardless of being Muslim, Christian or Jewish...) use such phrases when they want to pray for someone. They use it not only for the prophet, generally they use it for holy things. For example, they say 'I hope you succeed in your work (or any other thing) by the grace of (i.e. in respect of) this holy day.' They use it to bless their work."
(5) A Mullah is a literate person.
Transliteration:
Lala lala gole gandom
Barat gahvareh mibandom
Agar amre khoda bashe
Ke gahvarat tala bashe
Lala lala golam bashi
Tassalaye delam bashi
Bekhabi az saram va shai
Namiri hamdamam bashi
Lala lala golam bashi
Be gachou bolbolam bashi
Be gachou bolbole baghi
Ke az gol behtaram bashi
Lala lala babash miya
Dare va kon babash miya
Sedaye kafshe pash miya
Lala lala to mokhtari
Hame khaban to bidari
Be haghe Ahmade mokhtar
Nabini dard nshi bimar
Lala lala lalaee to re dadam Mullaee
To re dadam ke Mullah shi
Nadadam kea z saram va shi
Lala lala be khou mire
Galle barram be ou mire
Sage tazi jelou mire
Mishay guzel be ou mire
Lala lala gole laleh
Palang dar kouh minale
Palange pire bi dandoon
Khari khorde khode paloon
Sagi khorde dare daloon
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Fatimah Baji for contributing, transliterating and translating this song.
Khay'ly Mo'teh'shaker'am! 
