(آهسته برو) or (Tajik: оҳиста бирав), literally meaning "walk slowly" ("walk graciously"),[1] is a musical composition played to welcome the bride and groom's entrance to the wedding hall in weddings, most often in Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora.[2]
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.[3] The song itself is believed to have originally been composed by the folk singer Abdul Rahim (Ustad) Sarban in the mid-20th century.[4]
The following is a transliteration of the Dari version of the song.