The song is an ode to Lailee with verses like

"Zulfayit shana na kun/ Baan ke pareshaan shawat/ Surmah ba cheshmayt bekaash, jan
jan/ Seenay tu chashman showat" meaning
"Don't brush your tresses/ Let them be messy/ Take the kohl off your eyes, my
love/ So who you are is as prominent as your eyes."
A man telling a woman how to make up her face and hair is ridiculous, but we give
Zahir a pass since this song is a classic.
Zahir pays Lailee the ultimate compliment by comparing her inner beauty to her
eyes since Afghans place high importance in eyes.

‫مرنجان دلم را که این مرغ وحشی‬

‫زبامی که بر خاست به مشکل نشيند‬

‫الهی زليخا عزيزت بميرد‬

‫که یوسف به تخت تجمل نشیند‬

‫بنازی که ليلی به محمل نشيند‬

‫غمش در نهانخانه ی دل نشيند‬

Do not hurt my heart (do not make it fall in love) because when/if this wild bird
(my heart)
rises from a roof then it hardly lands again
O God, dear zuleikha died
so Yousaf can sit on a royal thorne
with the same beauty and grace that Laily perched upon the saddle
Do not let sadness sit in the heart's hiding place