Afghan Singer Sharafat Parwani Sings About Homeland In Moving Video

Footage of Sharafat Parwani surfaced on social media this weekend

Popular Afghan singer Sharafat Parwani, who reportedly managed to flee the Taliban-controlled country and arrived in the United States of America earlier this month, was filmed singing about his homeland in a touching video that has gone viral online. The video, filmed somewhere in a military base or refugee camp in the US, shows Mr Parwani singing along with several other Afghans who fled their country after the Taliban seized power.  Your tired of anguish, my homelandYour without song and melody, my homelandYour pained but without medicine, my homelandSharafat Parwani, a popular singer who was recently evacuated, sings the song somewhere in a military base or refugee camp in the US.#Afghanistanpic.twitter.com/EoIVS7bPmz My homelandسرزمین منHow a song became the anthem for current Afghan suffering.Afghans everywhere are singing and sharing videos of this poem being sung who are leaving their beloved land -- about how they are being uprooted and dispossessed.https://t.co/b2Oh8h47vY And so it is. Just a few weeks ago #Sharafat_Parwani was on TV in Afghanistan singing his lovely ballads. Now a refugee in the world, singing #Daoud_Sarkhosh's immortal song of a tired and pained homeland. سرزمین من خسته خسته از جفایی #FreeAfghanistanhttps://t.co/ohy63zRIG1 Sharaft Parwani, a budding Afghan singer who's gained popularity among young Afghans, has arrived to the U.S. pic.twitter.com/M7JYUvGNtw Footage of the singer surfaced on social media this weekend and has since gone viral online. It was posted on Facebook by a page called 'Afghan Live Songs' this Saturday and has been viewed over 4.4 lakh times, collecting nearly a thousand comments.  The video has been widely shared across different social media platforms. It gained further popularity when it was tweeted by New York Times journalist Sharif Hassan, who provided a translation for some of the lyrics: "You are tired of anguish, my homeland. You are without song and melody, my homeland. You are pained but without medicine, my homeland."