Born in Tehran in 1973, Mahsa Vahdat started her career in music by taking … Read Full Bio ↴Born in Tehran in 1973, Mahsa Vahdat started her career in music by taking piano lessons of Minoo Mohebbi from an early age. She continued the piano with Laleh Aghevli. She picked up Persian traditional singing with Pari Maleki and continued singing with Mehdi Fallah and Mohsen Keramati. Vahdat also plays the setar which she studied under Ramin Kakavand and later Masoud Shoari. She entered the Art University in Tehran in 1993 and graduated from the Music Faculty with a BA in Music. In the Art University she has been under the influence of master musicians such as Sharif Lotfi, Ahmad Pejman, Hooshang Zarif, Behnam Vadani, Abdorreza Sajadi, Hushang Kamkar, and Mohammad Reza Darvishi.

The Sun Rises
Mahsa Vahdat Lyrics

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See how sorrow melts drop by drop
In my eyes
How my mutinous shadow
becomes prey to the sun
See
how my whole existence is in ruins
An amber set fire to my being
I am lifted to heights

I am trapped
See
how my entire horizon
fills with shooting stars
You came from afar
from the land of perfume and light
You set me on a stellar path
You take me beyond stars
Now that we are treading on heights
Wash me with waves of wine
Wrap me in the velvet of your kiss
Want me in lasting nights
Leave me no more
Separate me not from these stars

See
how you shine and the Sun rises

Overall Meaning

In Mahsa Vahdat's song "The Sun Rises," the singer talks about the transformation she is experiencing through the love she shares with someone else. The song begins with the singer describing how her sorrow is melting in her eyes, and how her shadow, which was once rebellious, is now being consumed by the light of the sun. She goes on to explain how her very being was set on fire by an amber, and how she feels lifted to new heights as a result.

Despite this newfound sense of elevation in life, the singer also acknowledges feeling trapped. However, her sense of confinement is quickly replaced by feelings of wonder and awe as her horizon is filled with shooting stars. The following verse introduces the subject of the singer's newfound wonderment: her lover. He is described as coming from the "land of perfume and light," and is credited with setting the singer on a "stellar path" that transcends the stars.

In the last verse, the singer implores her lover to continue being with her, and to not take her away from the stars. She ends the song by marveling at his shine, and how it illuminates the world, causing the sun to rise. Overall, this song is a tribute to the transformative power of love, and how it can bring someone from the brink of despair to a place of unimaginable wonder.

Line by Line Meaning

See how sorrow melts drop by drop
Notice the gradual dissolving of my sadness in my tears

In my eyes
These tears are visible in my eyes

How my mutinous shadow
Observe how my rebellious self

becomes prey to the sun
Is subjugated by the power of the sun

See how my whole existence is in ruins
Witness the complete destruction of my being

An amber set fire to my being
A passion kindled within me

I am lifted to heights
I am elevated to great heights

I am trapped
Though I have ascended, I am still restrained

See how my entire horizon
Look at how my entire view of the world

fills with shooting stars
Is illuminated with numerous falling stars

You came from afar
You arrived from a great distance