Ed Sheeran’s new single “Sapphire”, released on June 5, 2025, blends his signature pop sound with Indian musical elements, featuring Arijit Singh on sitar and percussion. It’s the third single from his upcoming album Play, set to release on September 12, 2025.
Recorded in Goa, “Sapphire” was the first song finished for the album and inspired its overall direction. The track celebrates love and connection, with lyrics like “Your lights, your face, your eyes exploding like fireworks in the sky.” The music video, shot during his India tour, showcases the country’s cultural beauty.
Sheeran first performed the song live on May 30 in Madrid using a loop pedal. A Punjabi version featuring more vocals from Arijit Singh is also in the works.
Sapphire Ed Sheeran Lyrics
You’re glowin’, you colour and fracture the light
You can’t help but shine
And I know that you carry the world on your back
But look at you tonight
The lights, your face, your eyes
Exploding like fireworks in the sky
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the morning, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the morning, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Look what we found, Karma reached out
Into our hearts and pulled us to our feet now
You know, the truth is we could disappear
Anywhere, as long as I got you there
When the sun dies, till the day shines
When I’m with you, there’s not enough time
You are my spring flower, watchin’ you bloom, wow
We are surrounded, but I can only see
The lights, your face, your eyes
Exploding like fireworks in the sky
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the morning, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the morning, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
Do naina bhāe
Chāndnī cham-cham chamkāe (Two eyes appear, moonlight sparkles brightly)
You’re glowin’
Ban jāe (Becomes one)
You’re glowin’
You colour and fracture the light
Look at you tonight
Sapphire
Palkān uthāwate hane’re ghaṭde (As the eyelashes lift, the darkness fades)
Kive Rabb ne do naina uṭhe nīlam jāṛe? (How did God give two eyes this sapphire blue?)
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the morning, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the morning, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
Touchin’ on your body while you’re pushin’ on me
Don’t you end the party, I could do this all week
We’ll be dancin’ till the mornin’, go to bed, we won’t sleep
Cham-cham chamke sitāre vargī (She sparkles like shining stars)
Sapphire
The lights, your face, your eyes
Exploding like fireworks in the sky
Sapphire
