Ay Dîlberê
A classic of longing, inseparable from Aram Tigran’s voice.
- Type
- Stran (song)
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- Traditional (folk repertoire)
Ay Dîlberê is a classic song of longing whose modern life is inseparable from the voice of Aram Tigran, the Armenian singer who devoted his career to Kurdish song. His warm, smiling delivery made the song a staple far beyond its origins, and lyric searches for it number in the thousands each month, mostly from Bakur. Dîlber, the heart-stealer, is another of the beloved’s many names in Kurdish lyric; the song strings those names into one long sigh set to a dance-able rhythm.
Lyrics and translations for this song are being prepared. We publish texts only after editorial verification and a copyright check: traditional and public-domain works in full, modern protected works as context and meaning only.