بیوفایی مکن ای نگارم
Bewafai Makon Ay Negaram
“Don't Be Unfaithful, O My Gaze”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
Do not be faithless, O my beloved Come quickly, my moon — I am without rest
Without your face, when did my night become dawn? Wandering from door to door my state grew worse When did my sweetheart learn of my state? Grief became my companion and fellow traveler You took my heart from my grasp — I am without rest
I repent of your coquetry and grace I repent of your cruelty and injustice I sacrifice my life for you If I die, you are the candle of my tomb
Transliteration
Bewafaie makon ay negaram Zood o ah mahe man beqararam
Be rokhat shame man kai sehar shod Dar badar gashtam halam batar shod Dilbaram kai ze halam khabar shod Ghamam hamsafar shod Dil ke bordi ze kaf beqararam
Tuba tuba ze naz o adayat Tuba tuba ze jawr o jafayat Tuba tuba ze naz o adayat Konam jan fedayat gar bemiram tu shame mazaram
متن اصلی
بيوفايی مکن ای نگارم زود آ ماه من بی قرارم
بی رخت شام من کی سحر شد در بدر گشتم حالم بَتَر شد دلبرم کی ز حالم خبر شد غمم همره و همسفر شد دل که بردی ز کف بی قرارم
توبه توبه ز ناز و ادایت توبه توبه ز جور و جفایت توبه توبه ز ناز و ادایت کنم جان فدایت گر بمیرم تو شمع مزارم
Do not be faithless, O my moon — I am without rest; without your face no night has become dawn; grief became my companion; if I die, you are the candle of my tomb.
About This Recording
Bewafai Makon Ay Negaram begins as a plea — 'do not be faithless, O my beloved' — which implies that faithlessness is either imminent or already underway. The appeal is proactive (don't do this) or reactive (don't continue doing this); the song's emotional texture depends on which reading the listener brings.
'Without your face, when did my night become dawn?' — the dawn as a figure for resolution, for the end of the dark period, is common in Persian lyric. The implication here is that without the beloved, the night has no end: darkness persists without the face that would function as dawn. The speaker has been wandering from door to door, which suggests displacement — not at home, moving through the city without shelter.
The closing image is the most striking: 'If I die, you are the candle of my tomb.' In the Islamic tradition, tombs are sometimes illuminated at night; the candle at the tomb is a presence, a memorial light. To tell the beloved she will be the candle of his tomb is to make her responsible for his memorial as well as his life — and to suggest that even in death he will be attended by her light, which is both romantic and a gentle form of responsibility-assignment.
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