درخت یار درخت سبز
Darakht Yaar Darakht Sabz
“O Friend Tree, Green Tree”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
Tree of friend, tree of friend, tree of friend O lone green tree in the mountain's chest Silent and without lament — your eyes toward the sky In the sky of memories — until you achieve union There remains the eternal image
The eyes of the stars with the color of the sky My moon has shone in your shadow Be in my evenings — in the morning of my fortune Like a branch of Judas tree that appeared before my eyes
Transliteration
Darakht-e yaar, darakht-e yaar, darakht-e yaar Ay tak darakht-e sabz dar seenaye kamar Khamosh o be feghan, chashmat ba aseman Dar aseman khatera ha, ta koni wesal Manad ba rozogar manad, naqshe jawedan
Chashme akhtaran, baa rang-e aseman Tabida maah-e man, dar sayahaye tu Bashi tu shaam-ha dar sobhe bakht-e man Choon shakh-e arghawan dar chashm-e man fotad
Ay tak darakht-e sabz dar seenaye kamar Khamosh o be feghan, chashmat ba aseman Dar aseman khatera ha, ta koni wesal Manad ba rozogar manad, naqshe jawedan
Ba khanda-haye garm, ba harf-haye ishq Dar abgir-e dil, awarad mawj-ha Ba khanda-haye garm, ba harf-haye ishq Dar abgir-e dil, awarad mawj-ha
Ay tak darakht-e sabz dar seenaye kamar Khamosh o be feghan, chashmat ba aseman Dar aseman khatera ha, ta koni wesal Manad ba rozogar manad, naqshe jawedan
متن اصلی
درخت یار، درخت یار، درخت یار ای تک درخت سبز در سینه ی کمر خاموش و بی فغان، چشمت به آسمان در آسمان خاطره ها، تا کنی وصال ماند به روزگار ماند، نقش جاودان
چشم اختران، با رنگ آسمان تابیده ماه من، در سایه های تو باشی تو شام ها در صبح بخت من چون شاخ ارغوان درچشم من فتاد
ای تک درخت سبز در سینه ی کمر خاموش و بی فغان، چشمت به آسمان در آسمان خاطره ها، تا کنی وصال ماند به روزگار ماند، نقش جاودان
با خنده های گرم، با حرف های عشق در آبگیری دل، آورد موج ها با خنده های گرم، با حرف های عشق در آبگیری دل، آورد موج ها
ای تک درخت سبز در سینه ی کمر خاموش و بی فغان، چشمت به آسمان در آسمان خاطره ها، تا کنی وصال ماند به روزگار ماند، نقش جاودان
Tree of friend — O lone green tree in the mountain's chest, silent and without lament; my moon has shone in your shadow; be in my evenings like a branch of Judas tree.
About This Recording
Darakht Yaar Darakht Sabz — Tree of Friend, Green Tree — addresses a tree as if it were a person, or a person who has become as enduring and rooted as a tree. In Persian lyric, the tree (darakht) is associated with permanence, rootedness, and also with the body standing at attention — the beloved's upright posture compared to a cypress or a pine. But this tree is specifically a friend's tree, a tree that marks a friendship.
'Silent and without lament — your eyes toward the sky' — the tree's silence is not emptiness but attention. Eyes toward the sky is an image of contemplation, or of waiting. The tree in the mountain's chest (siney koh) is contained within something larger, as the speaker is contained within the memory of the friend. 'In the sky of memories — until you achieve union / There remains the eternal image' — memory outlasts presence.
The Judas tree (arghawan or arghawani) appears in Persian poetry as a spring-flowering tree that produces vivid red-purple blossoms before its leaves emerge. In classical imagery it is associated with beauty appearing against bare branches — a kind of resurrection. 'Like a branch of Judas tree that appeared before my eyes' — the friend's presence is sudden spring color against the background of ordinary time.
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