چشمک بزن ستاره
Chashmak Bezan Setara
“Wink, O Star”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
The clouds broke apart — wink, O star You have made my heart glad — you have shone again Did you see that I love you — you made a sign to me
In the night a lantern on the road — bright as the moon Shining and beautiful — diamond of the royal crown How beautiful you look — beautiful and graceful The clouds broke apart — wink, O star
I am asleep and you awake — I unaware and you alert When I am at rest you work away With your every gesture you have such grace
Transliteration
Shoda abro para para, chashmake bezan setara Kardi dil mara shad, taban shodi dobara Didi ke daramat dost, kardi ba man eshara
Dar shab cheraghe rahi, rawshan ba mesle mahee Tabenda o qashangi, almase taj shahi Bah bah chi khosh nemayee, zeba o khosh adayee Shoda abro para para, chashmake bezan setara
Man khwabam o tu bedar, man bekhabar tu hoshyar Waqte ke rahatam man, tu kar mekoni kar Ba har esharaye khod, dadi tu naz besyar Shoda abro para para, chashmake bezan setara
متن اصلی
شد ابر پاره پاره، چشمک بزن ستاره کردی دل مرا شاد، تابان شدی دوباره ديدی که دارمت دوست، کردی به من اشاره
در شب چراغ راهی، روشن به مثل ماهی تابنده و قشنگی، الماس تاج شاهی به به چی خوش نمايی، زيبا و خوش ادايی شد ابر پاره پاره، چشمک بزن ستاره
من خوابم و تو بيدار، من بيخبر تو هشيار وقتی که راحتم من، تو کار ميکنی کار با هر اشاره خود، داری تو ناز بسيار شد ابر پاره پاره، چشمک بزن ستاره
The clouds broke apart — wink, O star; you shone again, you made a sign to me; in the night a lantern on the road; I am asleep and you awake, unaware while you work away with your grace.
About This Recording
Chashmak Bezan Setara — Wink, O Star — is one of Zahir's lighter songs, its address to a star combining the celestial with the playful. 'Chashmak bezan' (wink, blink) asks the star to make a signal — to acknowledge the speaker's love with a visible gesture. The clouds breaking apart to reveal the star provides the occasion: the star has been hidden, now it's visible, and the speaker reads this as a response to his longing.
The star becomes a lantern on the road in the second stanza — a more functional, earthly image. The 'diamond of the royal crown' elevates this lantern back to the celestial. The oscillation between earthly and celestial descriptions of the beloved (or the star-as-beloved) is characteristic of the ghazal's tendency to move between registers: the beloved is simultaneously a woman walking by and a cosmic principle.
'I am asleep and you awake — I unaware and you alert / When I am at rest you work away' — this is a description of the star's astronomical nature (it shines while people sleep) given a loving interpretation: the star's constancy is work done on the speaker's behalf. The star (or the beloved) maintains its grace and presence while the speaker is unconscious, which is both a natural description and a flattering one.
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