معشوقه به سمن شد
Mashoqa Ba Saman Shud
“The Beloved Has Gone to the Jasmine Garden”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
The beloved came into harmony — may it ever be so Her faithlessness all became faith — may it ever be so
The kingdom that was scattered by the devil's omen Again became like Solomon's — may it ever be so
From that royal countenance, from that household flame Every corner became a field — may it ever be so
From that false anger of hers, from that sweet manner The world became a garden of sugar — may it ever be so
Transliteration
Mashooqa basaman shod, ta baad chonin badaa Kofrash hama iman shod, ta baad chonin badaa
Molke ke perayshan shod, az shomey shaitan shod BAz an sulaiman shod, ta baad chonin badaa
Zan zelat shahana, zan mashalaye khana Har gosha cho maidan shod, ta baad chonin badaa
Zan khashme doroghinash, zan shewaye shirinash Alam shokrestan shod, ta baad chonin badaa
Eid amad o eid amad, yare ke ramid amad Eidana ferawan shod, ta baad chonin badaa
متن اصلی
معشوقه بسامان شد، تا باد چنين بادا کفرش همه ايمان شد، تا باد چنین بادا
ملکی که پريشان شد، از شومی شيطان شد باز آن سليمان شد، تا باد چنين بادا
زان طلعت شاهانه، زان مشعله ی خانه هر گوشه چو ميدان شد، تا باد چنین بادا
زان خشم دروغينش، زان شيوه ی شيرينش عالم شکرستان شد، تا باد چنين بادا
عيد آمد و عيد آمد، ياری که رميد آمد عيدانه فراوان شد، تا باد چنين بادا
The beloved came into harmony — may it ever be so; her faithlessness all became faith; the scattered kingdom, like Solomon's, became whole again; every corner became a field, the world became a garden of sugar.
About This Recording
Mashoqa Ba Saman Shud — The Beloved Came Into Harmony — is an unusual song in Zahir's catalog because its baseline condition is reconciliation rather than separation. The beloved has not left, been faithless, or remained distant; she has arrived, been faithful, and transformed everything. The refrain 'may it ever be so' (bada ke hamesha bada) is a wish that the current state of harmony persist — an acknowledgment of its fragility.
The Solomon reference — 'the kingdom scattered by the devil's omen again became like Solomon's' — invokes the Sulayman narrative from Islamic tradition. Solomon's kingdom was associated with perfect order: he commanded humans, jinn, and birds alike, and his signet ring was the seal of that order. The 'devil's omen' that scattered the kingdom is a standard figure for the chaos of infidelity or separation. The restoration of Solomon's order is restoration of the beloved's presence.
The final couplet's progression — from the beloved's 'false anger' and 'sweet manner' to 'the world became a garden of sugar' — shows how the micro-scale of the beloved's particular qualities expands into a cosmological effect. Her manner is sweet; therefore the world is sugared. The poem does not need to explain the mechanism; the beloved's harmony makes everything harmonious.
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