صبح دمید و روز شد
Sobho Damid O Roz Shod
“Dawn Has Broken and Day Has Come”
Lyrics
Lyrics updated · July 2026English Translation
O astrologer — take the star of my fortune out of its constellation For I am ill-starred — I fear my sigh will set the sky on fire
Dawn broke and the day came — the beloved left on this pretext O morning bird, may you be lost — the beloved left on this pretext May the morning's face turn black — the beloved left on this pretext
That night after a thousand days, that idol the envy of sun and moon With empty flask in hand came to make amends May the morning's face turn black — the beloved left on this pretext
Transliteration
Monajem kawkabe bakhte mara az borj beroon kon Ke man kam taleh-am tarsam ze aham asoman sozad
Sobho damid o roz shod, yar bad-ein bahana raft Morgh sahar tu gum shawi, yar bad-ein bahana raft Roye Sahar shawi siya, yar bad-ein bahana raft
Shab ke pas hazar roz, aan bote rashke meher o maah Shesha tuhi qadah badast, aamada bood ozor khwah Roe sahar shawi sya, yaar badin bahana raft
Yaar cho raft az baram khosh dili yak zamana raft Shish tohi qadah negoon, baang nay az chaghaana raft Roe sahar shawi sya, yaar badin bahana raft
Shab ke pas hazar roz, aan bote rashke meher o maah Jaam ba dast o gol ba sar, amada bod ozor khah Roe sahar shawi sya, yaar badin bahana raft
Nime ze shab narafta bod, ham nafasan chi goyam Be tu gashta andoh bazme aish, nala-e morghe sobhgah Roe sahar shawi sya, yaar badin bahana raft
متن اصلی
منجم کوکب بخت مرا از برج بيرون کن که من کم طالع ام ترسم ز آهم آسمان سوزد
صبح دميد و روز شد، يار بدين بهانه رفت مرغ سحر تو گم شوی، يار بدين بهانه رفت روی سحر شوی سیاه، یار بدین بهانه رفت
شب که پس هزار روز، آن بت رشک مهر و ماه شيشه تهی قدح بدست، آمده بود عذر خواه روی سحر شوی سیاه، یار بدین بهانه رفت
یار چو رفت از برم خوش دلی یک زمانه رفت شيشه تهی قدح نگون، بانگ نی از چغانه رفت روی سحر شوی سیه، یار بدین بهانه رفت
شب که پس هزار روز، آن بت رشک مهر و ماه جام به دست و گل به سر، آمده بود عذر خواه روی سحر شوی سیاه، یار بدین بهانه رفت
نیمی ز شب نرفته بود، هم نفسان چی گویم بی تو گشته اندوه بزم عیش، ناله ای مرغ صبحگاه روی سحر شوی سیاه، یار بدین بهانه رفت
Dawn broke and the day came — the beloved left on this pretext; may the morning's face turn black; O astrologer, take the star of my ill fortune from its constellation — my sighs will set the sky on fire.
About This Recording
Sobho Damid O Roz Shod — Dawn Broke and the Day Came — is the classical dawn-parting poem (ruba'i-ye sahar) in which dawn, typically celebrated in Persian poetry as blessing and renewal, becomes the enemy. The beloved left 'on this pretext' — using the arrival of morning as cover or excuse — and the speaker's fury is directed at the dawn itself. 'May the morning's face turn black' is a direct curse, inverting the traditional rubai-ye sahar in which the speaker laments that night ends too soon.
The opening address to the astrologer (munajjim) is notable. The speaker does not ask for a prediction but a manipulation: 'take the star of my fortune out of its constellation.' This is a demand to restructure fate rather than read it. The claim that follows — 'I fear my sigh will set the sky on fire' — elevates the speaker's grief to a cosmic threat. The sigh (ah) in classical Persian poetry is not metaphorical; it is understood to carry heat that can literally ignite. The astrologer is thus asked to act before the speaker's suffering damages the celestial order.
The middle stanza introduces the structural irony: the night before dawn, the beloved — 'that idol the envy of sun and moon' — came with an empty flask in hand to make amends. The reconciliation arrived with the night and departed with the dawn. 'May the morning bird be lost' curses the bird that signals dawn and ends the night of reconciliation. The poem is therefore not about a simple abandonment but about the cruelest possible timing: reunited just long enough to make the parting worse.
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