Aref

I knew Mrs. Lila Kasra personally. We were friends with mutual respect for each other. She provided me with songs that became part of the Album called “Gharibeh.” All the songs in that album were written by Lila Kasra. The beautiful music of the song “Ey Del Ey Del”, which is part of this album, was composed by Mr. Jalil Zand who was the father of Mr. Farid Zand.  This song from Mrs. Kasra, along with its music and its performance, was very popular in our society.

Everything written by Lila was beautiful. But unfortunately, during the last years of her life, she got sick with a type Cancer that caused so much damage to her being, especially due to the side effects of the chemotherapy that led to her losing her beautiful hair. I remember very well that during the last days of her life, due to my expertise when it comes to photography, I took lots of pictures of her, one of which was often used in the articles written about her and was published many times. 

I have fond memories of Lila. She was a thoughtful, well informed, and an extremely kind lady. I knew her father was a government official in Iran, and Lila had come from a great and wealthy Iranian family. 

As her disease became more and more aggresive, she started to devote her life only to writing poetry. I kept hearing that she spends restless nights with pen and paper in hand. She always provided me with songs and wanted me to choose the ones that I liked. She wrote some of the most beautiful of her songs during that difficult period. The Late Mrs. Haydee & Mr. Moein all became famous by performing Lila’s songs. When the time came for performing and recording the songs, she would come the studio, and she would make suggestions on how to correctly sing the songs. Mr. Manouchehr Cheshmazar was very close to her and played an important part in the production and the arrangement of Lila’s works. The same was true for the late Ando (Andranik). Lila was very kind, and she never hesitated to help her friends, acquaintances and colleagues. 

Lila was one of my closest friends, and her memory is one that will remain with me for the rest of my life.