As the protests in Iran carry on, I thought it would be useful to translate the powerful chants used by the protestors in the streets. Below I've included some of the most common chants plus their original Persian and the transliteration so that non-Persian speakers can also get a sense of how they sound.

The English translations are loose in order to respect the rhyme and make more of an impact to English-speakers. I'll update this list as I translate more and as new chants arise.

• Woman, Life, Liberty [Zan, zendegi, āzādi]

• Death to the dictator [Marg bar diktātur]

• Death to Khamanei* [Marg bar khāmenei]

• Disgrace! Disgrace! Disgrace! [Bi-sharaf, bi-sharaf, bi-sharaf]

• Bomb, tank, gun or spear / The Mullahs must get out of here [Toop, tānk, feshfeshe / Ākhoond bāyad gom beshe]

• This year is the year of blood / Drag Sir Ali* through the mud [Emsāl sāl-e khoone / Sayyed ali sar negoone]

• Kill, kill, I will kill / He who my sister killed [Mikosham, mikosham / Har ān ke khāharam kosht]

• By the drops of Mahsa's blood,† / A free Iran will soon bud [Ghasam be khoon-e Mahsā / Irān migardad āzād]

• ​Don't you fear, don't you fear / We're in this together here [Natarsin, natarsin / Mā hame bāham hastim]

• We will fight until the day / We may die but Iran is saved [​Mijangim, mimirim / Irān ro pas migardim]

• Killing for a piece of hair / How much more can we bear? [Koshtan barāye roosari / Tā kay chenin khākbarsari]

• Kurdistan, Kurdistan,† / Shining beacon of Iran [Kurdistān, Kurdistān / Cheshm o cherāgh-e Irān]

• Khamenei* kills and kills / His authority must be nil [Khāmenei ghātele / Hokoomatesh bātele]

• Murder and rape are but two crimes / To hell with clerics and their lies [Tajāvoz, jenāyat / Lana't bar in velāyat]

• Shame, shame, he's our shame / A leader not worth our name [Nang-e mā, nang-e mā / Rahbar-e aldang-e mā]

• We too are all Mahsa / This bloody war we all foresaw [Mā hame mahsā hastim / Bejang tā bejangim]

• Those who cower, you will see / The next Mahsa is one of thee [Ahāy, Ahāy nashaste-ha / Mahsā-ye ba'adi az shomāst]

• Mojtaba**, death to you / We'll never let you rule us too [Mojtabā, bemiri / Rahbar-i ro nabini]

• We want nor sheikh nor mullah / Curse the bloody Ayatollah* [Na sheikh mikhāym na mollah / Lana't be āyatollah]

• From Kurdistan to Tehran,† / Our sisters' blood they feed on [Az kurdistān tā tehran / Satam ali-ye zanān]

• Our fight goes past today / We'll be right here, everyday [Fekr nakoni ye rooze / Gharār-e mā har rooze]

• Ass-kissing Basij men / Eat well, it's the end [Basij-e jire-khor / Ākharesh-e, khoob bokhor]

• Death to all who oppress / King and mullah both aggress [Marg bar satamgar / Che shāh bāshe che rahbar]

• Though we are in exile / We stand by you in all your trials [Bā inke doorim az vatan / Posht-e shomā-im hamvatan]

  
  

Notes

* Ali Khamenei is the Supreme Leader of Iran, known as the Ayatollah, Ali, Seyyed Ali, or simply, Dictator.

** Mojtaba is the son of Khamenei, one of the contenders for Supreme Leader upon his father's death.

† Mahsa Amini, the 22-year old woman who was killed by the Moral Police, was a Kurd visiting Iran from Kurdistan. Kurdish people in Iran are famous for their bravery and devotion to their cause.