Persian is one of the languages most AI music tools treat as an afterthought: they sing it from transliteration, or mix in Arabic sounds. On Autunes, Persian (Farsi) is its own choice in the vocal language picker and is sung from Persian script, so the words you write are the words you hear.
This guide covers how to write Persian lyrics that sing well, which styles work, prompts in both Farsi and English, and a short original lyric to test with.
Step by step
- Step 1: On the Create page, set the vocal language to Persian (Farsi).
- Step 2: Paste your lyrics in Persian script with [Verse] and [Chorus] tags, or describe the song idea (in Farsi or English) and let the AI write the words, then edit them.
- Step 3: Describe the style. Genre, tempo, voice and instruments work best in English, for example “traditional Persian ballad, female vocal, tar, kamancheh and tombak, slow, 72 BPM”.
- Step 4: Pick the engine. With your own lyrics, the free plan can use Zori5.5 XL (15 credits), the more natural voice; a song from a description uses Zori5 Turbo (10 credits). Pro and Creator can use XL on any song.
- Step 5: Generate, listen with headphones, and fix any single line instead of starting over.
Write in Persian script, not Finglish
Finglish (Persian in Latin letters, like “delam barat tang shode”) is fine for texting but weak for singing: there is no standard spelling, and the same word can be read several ways. Persian script removes that guesswork, so paste your lyrics in Persian script.
A few writing details make a difference:
- Use a Persian keyboard, so you get the Persian letters ی and ک rather than the Arabic forms ي and ك. Text copied from Arabic sources sometimes has the Arabic forms.
- Keep the half-space (نیم‌فاصله) the way you normally type it, as in می‌خواهم or خانه‌ها. It is kept as written.
- Paste plain text. Headings, bold text and emoji copied from a chatbot are cleaned out, but plain lines with [Verse] and [Chorus] tags are the safest input.
- Add short vowels (zir, zebar, pish) only on a word that could be read two ways. You do not need them on every word.
Spoken or literary? Choose one register
Whatever you write is sung as written. Modern Persian pop is usually in the spoken register: می‌خوام rather than می‌خواهم, برات rather than برایت, اومده rather than آمده. Traditional and poetic songs use the literary register. Both work; what sounds odd is switching between them inside one song, so pick one and keep it.
Classical poetry by Hafez, Rumi, Saadi and Khayyam is centuries old and in the public domain, so you can set a ghazal or a rubai to music. Copy the text from a reliable printed edition and check it carefully, because many versions online have small errors.
An original Persian lyric to test
Written for this guide, in a simple spoken-poetic register. Try it with “Persian pop ballad, warm male vocal, piano, santur and strings, rainy night mood, 84 BPM”:
- [Verse] امشب دلم باز هوای تو کرده
- صدای باران یاد تو را آورده
- [Chorus] بیا که بی تو این خانه سرد است
- بیا که قلبم فقط با تو گرم است
And a spoken pop chorus, for a more modern feel: دلم برات تنگ شده، کجایی؟ / برگرد که بی تو نفسم بند اومده
Styles and prompts that work
Name the style plainly. If you want a particular dastgah (Shur, Homayoun, Segah, Mahur), name it; it steers the colour of the melody, but treat it as a direction rather than a guarantee of exact intervals.
- Persian pop: “Persian pop love song, 6/8 dance groove, male vocal, synths, santur and claps, 110 BPM”
- Traditional (sonati): “traditional Persian song in dastgah Homayoun, female vocal, tar, kamancheh, tombak, slow and expressive, 70 BPM”
- Bandari: “Bandari dance song from southern Iran, fast 6/8 rhythm, synth lead, dohol drums, festive male vocal, 128 BPM”
- Wedding: “joyful Persian wedding song, group chorus, daf and tombak, clapping, celebratory, 116 BPM”
- Birthday: “cheerful Persian birthday song for a child, female vocal, ukulele and glockenspiel, 104 BPM”
- Nowruz: “bright Nowruz spring song, santur and setar, light percussion, hopeful, 96 BPM”
- Persian rap: “Persian rap, boom-bap beat, sampled tar loop, confident male vocal, 90 BPM”
Describing the idea in Farsi
If you want the AI to write the lyrics, you can describe the idea in Farsi. Keep it to one or two sentences and include any names. For example:
- یک آهنگ عاشقانه و آرام درباره باران و دلتنگی (a calm love song about rain and missing someone)
- آهنگ تولد شاد برای خواهرم سارا (a happy birthday song for my sister Sara)
- آهنگ شاد عروسی برای علی و مریم (a happy wedding song for Ali and Maryam)
- آهنگ نوروزی برای خانواده (a Nowruz song for the family)
Occasions people make Persian songs for
Birthdays (تولدت مبارک in the chorus is the obvious hook), weddings and engagements, Nowruz videos for family abroad, Yalda night on 21 December, and setting a favourite Hafez or Rumi poem to music. For a video, the Short-Form tool makes 15, 30 or 60-second clips for 2, 3 or 5 credits.