ای آه سحرگاه تو
Ay Aahe Sahargah Tu
“O Your Pre-Dawn Sigh”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
O predawn sigh — at last take effect O nightly lament, for God's sake, take effect
O cupbearer, from that cup you gave the companions Be kind and give us too a little from it O nightly lament, for God's sake, take effect
From what fate has allotted to others and given O hand of fate — grant a little to this poor wretch O nightly lament, for God's sake, take effect
I have come to my life's end from the hand of my own heart, O love Take this heart from me and give it to another O nightly lament, for God's sake, take effect
Transliteration
Ay aahe sahargah tu aakher asare bakhsh Ay nalaye shabgire khuda ra samare bakhsh
Ay saqi az aan jam ke dadi ba harifan Lotfe kono maa ra ham az aan mokhtasare bakhsh Ay nalaye shabgire khuda ra samare bakhsh
Az aan-che nasib degaran kardi o dadi Ay daste qaza bar mane miskeen qadare bakhsh Ay nalaye shabgire khuda ra samare bakhsh
Az dast dile khewesh ba jan amadam ay ishq Ein dil ze moyed bostan bar digare bakhsh Ay nalaye shabgire khuda ra samare bakhsh
متن اصلی
ای آه سحرگاه تو آخر اثری بخش ای ناله ی شبگیر خدا را ثمری بخش
ای ساقی از آن جام که دادی به حریفان لطفی کن و ما را هم از آن مختصری بخش ای ناله ی شبگیر خدا را ثمری بخش
از آنچه نصیب دگران کردی و دادی ای دست قضا بر من مسکین قدری بخش ای ناله ی شبگیر خدا را ثمری بخش
از دست دل خویش به جان آمدم ای عشق این دل ز مؤید بستان بر دگری بخش ای ناله ی شبگیر خدا را ثمری بخش
O predawn sigh, take effect — the speaker addresses the sigh itself as an agent, asking fate for a share of what it gives others, and finally asking Love to take this ruinous heart away and give it to someone else.
About This Recording
The predawn sigh (aahe sahargah) carries a specific mystical meaning in Persian Sufi poetry. The hour before dawn — the sahar — was understood as the moment when prayers have the greatest likelihood of acceptance, when the divine attention is most available to the supplicant. The sigh released at this hour is a prayer, not simply an expression of grief. Addressing the sigh directly as an agent — asking it to take effect — is asking the prayer to function.
The cupbearer (saqi) appears in the second stanza in its mystical function: the one who dispenses the wine of divine knowledge. 'From that cup you gave the companions, give us too a little' — the speaker is not asking for intoxication but for inclusion in whatever the others received. The 'companions' (yaran) who were already served are the ones who found their prayers answered, their sorrow lifted.
The final stanza reaches the song's most radical request: 'Take this heart from me and give it to another.' Love (ishq) is addressed as the entity that assigned the speaker this particular heart, and the speaker is returning it — asking for a different one, presumably one that does not destroy its owner. The nightly lament is invoked one last time not as a comfort but as a last resort, exhausted and still waiting.
More Songs
Not sure what to listen to next?
Discover Ahmad Zahir by Mood →