Agar Awara Mastamاگر آواره مستم
Shab-ha-ye Zulmane (Dark Nights) marked a tonal shift toward more introspective material, with spare arrangements that placed Zahir's voice front and center. Hafiz and Rumi verse appeared alongside original poetry, and the settings drew on classical Afghan rubab tonalities translated into studio instruments. The darker lyrical palette reflected a broader cultural mood as political tensions began to gather beneath the surface of Kabul's cosmopolitan life.
Songs on This Album
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Hama Roz Az Tu Ba Qahramهمه روز از تو به قهرم
Mara Mara May Bedeمرا مرا می بده
Give Me Wine, Give Me Wine — the repeated demand in the kharabat tradition, wine as both literal drink and figure for the intoxication of genuine spiritual and emotional life.
Tanha Tarin Mard Zameenamتنهاترین مرد زمینم
Che Behoda Che Sadaچه بیهوده چه ساده
Boye Tu Khezad Hanozبوی تو خیزد هنوز
Bewafa Yaram Karda Ghum Baramبیوفا یارم کرده غم برام
My Unfaithful Love Has Made Me Sad — the naming of betrayal as the simple, central fact. Among the most emotionally direct statements of grief in his catalog.
Shab Haye Zulmaniشبهای ظلمانی
Dark Nights — one of his most haunting golden-era recordings, the image of oppressive darkness carrying both personal and, in retrospect, political resonance in the Afghanistan of the 1970s.
Hama Yaranand Ka Sia Shamهمه یارانند که سیاه شام
Emshab Ba Qesa Dele Manامشب به قصه دل من
Tonight with the Tale of My Heart — a song that frames itself as a story, the heart's condition given narrative form. The night as the appropriate time for telling what the day cannot contain.