دلکم ای دلکم
Delakam Aye Delakam
“My Heart, Oh My Heart”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
O my little heart, O my little heart I am a little bird struck by the arrow of cruelty
I see you from afar — what use is that I cannot sit beside you — what use is that
The tree of your beauty has become a garden of flowers But I cannot pluck those flowers — what use is that
May your dark little eyes be the bond of your heart May the survival of my soul be from the bond with you
I have traveled to every garden in the world I have not found anyone who could resemble you
Transliteration
Dilakam, hay dilakam, hay dilakam Morghake tere jafa khorda dilakam
Tura az duro mebinam chi hasel Ba pahloyat nameshinam chi hasel
Darakhte hosne tu golzar karda Az aan golha namechinam chi hasel
Siya chashmak ba dilbande tu bashad Baqay jan ze paywande tu bashad
Safar kardam ba golshanhay dunya Nadidam kas ke manande tu bashad
متن اصلی
دلکم، ای دلکم، ای دلکم مرغک تير جفا خورده گکم
ترا از دور می بينم چه حاصل به پهلويت نمی نشينم چه حاصل
درخت حسن تو گلزار کرده از آن گلها نمی چينم چه حاصل
سياه چشمک به دل بند تو باشد بقای جان ز پيوند تو باشد
سفر کردم به گلشن های دنيا ندیدم کس که مانند تو باشد
The apostrophe to the heart — addressing one's own heart as a separate being, holding it responsible for its choices while unable to separate from it. A song of tender self-interrogation.
About This Recording
The song talks to its own heart as if it were another person: one that made its choices and has to answer for them, and one the singer cannot walk away from. The little diminutive — delakam — turns the heart into something small and dear. So the tone is not anger but the fondness you would use with a beloved child who has just gotten you both into trouble.
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