Ahesta Bero
# Ahesta Bero

Ahesta Bero (Dari: آهسته برو) or Ohista Birav (Tajik: оҳиста бирав), literally "walk slowly" ("walk graciously"), is a musical composition played to welcome the bride and groom's entrance to the wedding hall in weddings in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Usually the accompanied couple is walked slowly under the sanction of the Qur'an, as the attending guests rise in honor of the holy book. This anthem is a very strong tradition in these marriage ceremonies.

The song was originally a Kharabati song from Afghanistan.

## Lyrics

The following is a transliteration of the Dari version of the song.

In qafelaye omor ajab megozarad Ahesta boro, mahe man ahesta bero Daryab dame ke ba tarab megozarad Ahesta boro, mahe man ahesta bere Saqi ghame farday harifan chi khori Ahesta boro, mahe man ahesta bero Pesh ar peyala ra ke shab megozarad Ahesta boro, mahe man ahesta bero Ahesta boro, sarwe rawan ahesta bero Ahesta boro, dokhtar khan ahesta bero Ay charkh falak kharbi az kinaye tust Bedad gari shewaye dirinaye tust Ay khak agar seenaye tu beshgafand Bas gowhar qeemati dar seenaye tust

