Mai Shaher Tu Nahiای شهر تو نهای
You are not of this city — the beloved identified as someone apart from the ordinary world, whose presence makes the ordinary city strange by contrast.
Subtitled Bahar (Spring), the second volume deepened the fusion of Persian classical poetry with Latin-tinged rhythms and accordion passages that Zahir had begun experimenting with at Habibia High School. The production grew more confident, with fuller horn arrangements and a greater range of tempos that moved from slow, melancholic ghazals to bright, dance-friendly numbers. Lyrical themes centered on longing, seasonal renewal, and the imagery of Kabul gardens in bloom.
Songs on This Album
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Hawaye Eshq Tu Az Sarهوای عشق تو از سر
Delema Har Che Raish Khastaدلما هرچه ریش خسته
Agar Bahar Beyayadاگر بهار بیاید
If spring were to come — a conditional reunion poem, spring used as the figure for the beloved's return and the renewal she would bring to a world that has gone cold without her.
Awaleen Eshqam Tu Bodiاولین عشقم تو بودی
You were my first love — the particular weight of what comes first, the love that calibrates all subsequent experience. A recording of origin and original loss.
Ba Azme Tu Ba Sahar Guftamبه عزم تو به سحر گفتم
Mara Del Khon Kardiمرا دل خون کردی
You Made My Heart Bleed — the beloved's unfaithfulness or cruelty named directly, without the mediation of elaborate metaphor. One of his most emotionally unguarded recordings.
Buraida Bad Paye Manبریده بد پای من
Ba Juz Tu Mones Digarبه جز تو مونس دیگر
No companion other than you — the radical exclusivity of the ghazal's devotion. The beloved as the only possible companion in a world that has otherwise receded.
Agar Aye Asmanاگر ای آسمان
Har Chand Ke Door Az Tuهرچند که دور از تو
Aye Yar Khob Manای یار خوب من
Aye Jane Man Aseeratای جان من اسیرت