Shahram Vafie, born Reza Vafie in 1954, was an Iranian poet and lyricist whose words became deeply connected with Shahrokh's musical legacy. He came from a literary family and was the son of the late Hossein Vafie Qomi, a respected contemporary ghazal poet.
Vafie developed an interest in songwriting during his teenage years and began writing in the late 1960s. By the early 1970s, he entered professional lyric writing more seriously. Many of his lyrics were later performed by Shahrokh, giving his words a lasting place in the emotional memory of Persian music listeners.