ای دل تو گریه کم کن
Ay Dil Tu Gerya Kam Kon
“O Heart, Reduce Your Weeping”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
O heart, cry less so that the eye stays not wet Seal the torrents of blood so that no one learns
Do something, O my heart, so that its great throbs Before those moon-faced ones do not render the heart fruitless
A lifetime passed in humility in the ruins Perhaps of my passed life there is no trace left
O snare of the bird-tamers — for God's sake, have mercy It is a poor little bird without wings and feathers
Transliteration
Ay dil tu gerya kam kon ta chashme tar nabashad Khoona-bah ha bebanded ta kas khabar nabashad
Kare bekon dile man ta azmate tapesh-ha Dar peshe mah royan dil be samar nabashad
Omre bakhaksare begzasht dar kharabat Az omre raftaye man shayad asar nabashad
Ay dam morgh bazan(dam mar khuda ra) rahme ba hal dil kon Morghest be bazahat be bal o par nabashad
متن اصلی
ای دل تو گريه کم کن تا چشم تر نباشد خونابه ها ببنديد تا کس خبر نباشد
کاری بکن دل من تا عظمت طپش ها در پيش مه رويان دل بی ثمر نباشد
عمری بخاکساری بگذشت در خرابات از عمر رفته ی من شايد اثر نباشد
ای دام مرغ بازان (دام مر خدا را) رحمی به حال دل کن مرغيست بی بضاعت بی بال و پر نباشد
O heart, cry less — the speaker addresses the heart as a restless companion, urging discretion before the moon-faced ones, acknowledging a lifetime spent in ruins, and finally pleading on behalf of a poor featherless bird caught in the snare.
About This Recording
Addressing the heart (dil) as a separate entity — an agent with its own impulses that the speaker must reason with or restrain — is one of the most common rhetorical strategies in Persian ghazal. The heart is not the self but a companion, often a troublesome one whose weeping, longing, and attachment the speaker must manage in public. 'O heart, cry less so that the eye stays not wet' — the priority is concealment, maintaining composure before others.
The phrase 'seal the torrents of blood so that no one learns' intensifies the theme of concealment: the weeping is not just tears but blood, and keeping it hidden is an act of social protection. In classical Persian lyric, weeping blood (khun geristan) signals suffering beyond ordinary grief — the body's most vital fluid running as tears. The command to hide even this from the world speaks to the dignity the speaker is determined to maintain.
The final image of the bird — 'a poor little bird without wings and feathers' caught in the snare — is a figure for the heart itself, or for the speaker entirely. The bird-tamer's snare (dam-e morgh-bazan) is a trap built for creatures with the capacity to fly, but this bird has already been stripped of its wings. The mercy being asked for is not release but simply the recognition of helplessness.
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