Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. Please note that this isn't reconstructed Achaemenid era music, it's entirely modern Iranian music sung to Old Persian lyrics from that era. The lyrics are part of the Behistun inscriptions in Kermanshah, Iran, a monumental set of rock reliefs and inscriptions written inside Mount Behistun not long after the coronation of Darius I as emperor of the Achaemenid Empire. The music uses a variation of Segah, one of our traditional modes and one of our most microtonal ones. The melody modulates between Segah, Mahur and Shur from time to time. I also employed a technique of playing the tanbour found most often in Eastern Iran and especially Iranian Turkmenistan, the latter region in which I grew up as a child. Iranians in these regions play the dotar using parallel fifths, which gives it a distinct sound to the purely monophonic forms of playing found in other parts of the country. The instruments used are the tar, the dotar, the oud, the ney, the santour, the kamanche, and the daf drums. Lyrics in Old Persian: Thâtiy \ Dâra yavauš \ xšâyathiya \ imâ \ dahyâva \ tyâ \ manâ \ patiyâita \ vašnâ \ Auramazdâha \ manâ \ badakâ \ âhatâ \ manâ \ bâjim \ abaratâ Hya \ âgariya \ âha \ avam \ u bartam \ abaram \ hya \ arika \ âha \ avam \ ufrastam \ aparsam English translation: King Darius says: These are the countries which are subject to me; by the grace of Ahuramazda they became subject to me; they brought tribute unto me. Within these lands, whosoever was a friend, him have I surely protected; whosoever was hostile, him have I utterly destroyed.

@eliottcallafe4700

27 күн бұрын

Salut ! Tu comptes faire des trucs en syriaque/araméen ?

@veyselmenekse5974

27 күн бұрын

Teşekkür mikonem..Türkiye'den..

@FireflowerDancer

27 күн бұрын

Wow! You have a gift for capturing the royal aspect of traditional music, Farya. I was wondering, could you do a version of this song with you in the video (like your rendition of 'Sah de')? The surroundings in your Orientalism video were so beautiful, btw! Reminds me a little bit of where I grew up.

@darzhanacf8983

26 күн бұрын

please check out this channel literary Tamil. Is it possible for you to make a chola themed symphony,if so i would suggest the time period from 980's to 1044.

@user-xr7bv8cl3p

26 күн бұрын

I crying for this song...darius the great❤this king reaaaly man.reaaaly man❤❤🥲🥲🥲

7/10 needs more duduk

@zenitkov

27 күн бұрын

Indeed, not oriental enough 😁

@deltap6967

27 күн бұрын

"make it more middle eastern, you know desert camel sabres prince dunes veil dancing head scarf, those kinda vibes"

@Turachkh

27 күн бұрын

Exactly! It needs to sound more Persian.

@Eugene-tm8fm

27 күн бұрын

“Zero turbans, zero camels, zero scimitars, zero belly dancers, zero allahu akbars, zero deserts, how can anyone in their right mind call this middle eastern music?”

@ShahanshahShahin

27 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 Duduk, Sand and Camel 🐫 are missing

Only appropriate to release this banger after that 1.5 hours essay about musical stereotypes.

@loafingabout445

27 күн бұрын

That's how I found this and I'm glad I did

@samuelkoebbe5638

26 күн бұрын

Me too! I learned a lot I was probably a bit more aware than the average westerner (I at least knew what an oud was lol) however I still learned a lot. Admittedly I didn't realize how awful Hollywood/western media was in that particular department

@veilnebula2411

26 күн бұрын

random person who just found this channel must be confused like: where duduk!?

@nukiradio

26 күн бұрын

Yeah, this is 100% on brand

@hosseinhn7906

24 күн бұрын

same here, I am lost for hours now in this great channel :D

I declare that Farya becomes the soundtrack composer of any and all historical movies henceforth.

@ramtin5152

27 күн бұрын

Hollywood "historical" movies ? That'd be an insult to Farya and his talent

@omegahaxors3306

26 күн бұрын

Or... you could go [orientalist progression chord]

@enamishalive

26 күн бұрын

no, i would rraderrr go [double harmonic major]

@kiryukazuma9102

26 күн бұрын

@@ramtin5152 true

@linagreenlyfe6705

26 күн бұрын

@@ramtin5152 I guess we need to find a producer that actually listens to historians when it comes to period films and shows.

The tanbour strummed along with that marching rhythm is something we need in some epic film about the Achaemenid empire!

As a Kurd, I salute the entire Iranian family.☀️☀️☀️

@Niloufar1992

27 күн бұрын

Greeting brother ❤ ☀️

@Nefret-vu6ly

26 күн бұрын

Kurds are Iran's biggest enemy

@user-wd8jp1ch1g

26 күн бұрын

Асаламу Алейкум

@veilnebula2411

26 күн бұрын

Biji Kurdistan!

@alimofakherie5261

24 күн бұрын

Bzhi Kurdistan

As a historian I love your music, man, keep it up. Love from Ireland. 🇮🇪❤️🇮🇷

@mr.farhadiya

27 күн бұрын

Greetings to Irish ppl An Indo-European friend Respect Celtic culture Love your folk music from Iran or Persia, the Heart of Middle east 💚🦁🌞❤️ 🤝🇮🇪

@monkephrog5984

26 күн бұрын

Love from iran to irish❤️❤️ people even just acknowledging Iran makes my heart melt

@Taxat50

26 күн бұрын

@@mr.farhadiya Celts and Persians are some of the finest warriors of history my friend. Much love to Iran.

@Taxat50

26 күн бұрын

@@monkephrog5984 Persia was the first world superpower, it deserves all our respect. Love to Iran from Ireland 🇮🇷❤️

@mr.farhadiya

26 күн бұрын

@@Taxat50 thnx. I like Celtic music. I'm in northern Iran or Persia and here has many Forrests and Grass like the Caucasus and Europe. But... When you say the celts, I think the Scottish,Irish and Welsh ppl But when you say Persian, it means Iranians are nothin to this group. You just say: Celts and Iranians means Persians Kurds Azeris Baluchis luris afghans tajiks etc (but I know Persians in the old days means all Modern Iranians and this is nationality Name, not Ethnic group) Anyways respect to Celtic ppl Love Celtic culture

I'm currently making an animated short set in Safavid Persia in the style of miniature paintings. I listen to your Iranian music while working on it🇮🇷💚

@felipeurrea3638

27 күн бұрын

The Safavids are shit compared to the Achaemenids or Sassanids

@morgantorium

27 күн бұрын

@@felipeurrea3638 :/

@KanuniSuleyman4857

27 күн бұрын

​@@felipeurrea3638 Safavids reunited Persia to once again become the superpower of the region

@jamjar1948

27 күн бұрын

@@felipeurrea3638 Long live Sefevids, they were the followers of Sassanids. If you are Iranian, respect the Sefevids great work for Iran.

@veilnebula2411

26 күн бұрын

@@felipeurrea3638 don't judge we are talking history here not our favorite factions.

This music will 100% be used for a symphony in the future

@mennyboy1528

27 күн бұрын

I imagine an epic symphony about Marathon 490 BC.

@FulviusDecimusMeridius

27 күн бұрын

It's already being used as a symphony right now if you think about it ^^

@Nefret-vu6ly

27 күн бұрын

@@FulviusDecimusMeridius how

@FulviusDecimusMeridius

27 күн бұрын

@@Nefret-vu6ly Look at you listening to it right now, living your own story. This is a symphony ^^

@user-mu8vy1bn8e

20 күн бұрын

​@@FulviusDecimusMeridius quite a stretch but ok

love this william wallace BATTLE music (authentic!)

Dear Farya, Your dedication is invaluable. In the face of the severe repression and indifference of the occupying Islamic regime of Iran towards Iran's ancient history, your hard work has prevented the glorious heritage of Iran from being forgotten. I deeply appreciate your music and the masterpieces you create, which keep the history of Iran alive and revive the lost national pride of the Iranian people. Your songs have moved me to tears many times. 😔❤

I had no idea that I Achaemeneeded this

Farya Faraji: The only man taking ancient inscriptions and making badass music out of them with reconstructed pronunciation. God bless your work and neverending creativity.

Farya does it again folks! Keep it up, man, I adore your music. Sending you love from Egypt 🇪🇬🤝🇮🇷

Hearing this, while I am writing a university study about the accession of the great King Darius.... Big inspiration🏺🏺Greetings from Hellas🏺⚔

@Iamnotracistlmao

26 күн бұрын

King of Kings*

Came here after seeing the video about Orientalist music. Safe to say that I'm only questioning why this music isn't more present in western media now. The microtonality of the mode used here isn't even that jarring, and in fact I even prefer this flavor over the stereotypical Orientalist kind of music. I could easily see this song replace the usual soundtrack for a climactic moment in a film or game, especially since it has such a strong central hook much like any memorable song. Catch me humming or singing to this for a while xD

Old Persian is such a beautiful language. Persian as a whole is beautiful, but Old Persian is my favorite

Bro cannot stop COOKING

Zende baad Iran shahr Har Beji Iran Shahr Yashasin Iran Shahr Long live the greater Iran Thanks Farya jaan!

I rejoice, another song about the Achaemenids! They're my favourite imperial Iranian dynasty and I love it when you make music about them, thank you so much for your great work!

@Ralampos

27 күн бұрын

I read "favourite Imperial" and immediately thought there was going to be a problem.

King of PERSIA🇮🇷❤🇹🇯

به به، چه مبارک سحری بود وچه فرخنده شبی دیشب 😂😂😂 امیدوارم همیشه ما اینجور شادباشیم شما برامون اهنگ شاد بسازی 🙏😘😘💚🤍🦁☀️❤️

@shinigamigamer803

26 күн бұрын

پیروز باد ایران آزاد ، دیشب چه جشنی گرفتیم 🫡🫡❤️

@nafisehebadi4471

26 күн бұрын

@@shinigamigamer803 بیش باد 💃🏻

@nafisehebadi4471

24 күн бұрын

@@user-zr2bf2yf6r اینطور است 👌🏻😂

The boys in Pasargadae are gonna love this track.

This is incredible. Thank you so much for sharing. From a punk/grindcore freak living in San Diego California 🤪

This is what the Scythians heard when Darius the Great marched all the way to the Jaxartes (Syr Darya) river and beyond in modern-day southern Kazakhstan.

@ramtin5152

26 күн бұрын

As well as the Scythians who were in the northern parts of the black sea Btw in Avesta Oxus river is called Yakhsha and Jaxartes is called Yakhsha Arta (upper Yakhsha)

@mennyboy1528

26 күн бұрын

Sir darya, the same river where Cyrus the Great died by hands of Thomyris.

@ramtin5152

26 күн бұрын

@@mennyboy1528 He didn't There are several different versions of his death The most logical one was written by Ctesias

@mennyboy1528

26 күн бұрын

@@ramtin5152 and, what's that version of Ctesias?

@ramtin5152

26 күн бұрын

@@mennyboy1528 Just like Herodotus, Ctesias claims that Cyrus the great died fighting Iranian tribal people except that instead of Massagetaes in central Asia (which as you can see in Cyrus the great conquest maps and Darius the great's inscriptions was already part of the empire), Cyrus fought Iranian people called Derebices/Derbikes reinforced by troops from Indian lands, in Tabaristan (where I live) satrapy of Hyrcania According to Ctesias, Amoraeus and his two sons, led a rebellion against Cyrus and allied themselves with Indians (probably from Indus valley which a large part of it was conquered by Cyrus and later the rest was conquered by Darius), Cyrus personally went to Hyrcania to crush this rebellion Hyrcania was way closer to Cyrus capital than central Asia was, and don't forget that Cyrus was 70 years old when he died and couldn't go in the middle of central Asia from the south of modern day Iran at that age back then, therefore it makes more sense if his last battle was actually in Hyrcania which isn't that far The two armies fought each other in a battle but none of them got the upper hand until the Derbikes elephants (provided by Indians) that were placed in ambush, attacked the Achaemenid cavalry and caused Cyrus to fall off his horse due to the horse panicking An enemy soldier throwed a javelin at him when he was still on the ground, which mortally wounded him, but, he didn't die right there The Achaemenid troops quickly reorganised, held their ground and Cyrus Javidan/Immortal guard, shielded and returned him to their camp to get treated while the rest of his men repelled the Derbike army The first day of the battle seems to have been a tie and probably both armies went back to their camps by nightfall with both sides suffering heavy casualties One of Cyrus satraps, Amorges, a Saka/Scythian king, came to his aid and reinforced his army with 20,000 Saka cavalry This helped the Achaemenid army to turn the tides to Cyrus favor and win the battle which resulted in death of the Derbike king, Amoraeus, and both his sons The Achaemenids lost around 10,000 men while the Derbikes lost 30,000 Cyrus declared Kambiz/Kambujiye/Cambyses, as his successor and died three days later after his final battle due to that javelin wound and was burried in his tomb in Pasargad/Pasargadae I'll explain why this story makes more sense in my next comment but it's going to be long

Amazing 🥰 Great work👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Greetings from Serbia🇷🇸

Ez Kurd im, hemû silavên xwe li eqrebayên me yên malbatê gelên Îranîyan re dişînim. Gava ez wan muzîkan guhdarî dikim gelekî xwîna min germ dibe çunkî ez zanim kû ez jî aîdê li vê çandê me. ❤️☀️💚 ❤️🦁💚 💙❤️💚 🇹🇯🇦🇫

0:58 that drop sent me to Parsa.

Whilst you churn out absolute bangers within all musical traditions, you touch, your Iranian songs, like this one tend to be the best ones.

@sal6695

27 күн бұрын

Gey turachkh!

You really can't get this sound without real instruments, thanks for putting in the effort!

Epic composition, just Darius himself! 𐎠𐎭𐎶 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎺/𐏀𐎼𐎣

At long last the incarnate Achaemenid bas relief has put his own inscription to music

@mennyboy1528

26 күн бұрын

That is the Achaemenid of Farya Faraji being an Achaemenid

دم شما گرم دوست گرامی

Very nice arabic egyptian desert camel scimitar kebab baklava Music of the oasis Mr Faraji e Turbans, Spice, and Carpets

As always, amazing stuff Farya. I'd like to request a future video: What do we know about ancient Iranian music? Such as those from the Achaemenid and/or Sasanian eras. I understand that this is a difficult topic, as most of the evidence has been lost, but based on the few shards that are available, it would be interesting to hear your perspective! Kind regards!

Could you do "Volga Boatmen"? Your performances are outstanding!!

@Turachkh

27 күн бұрын

Эй ухнем also know as song of the Volga boatmen, is probably one of the better songs for representing the Russians spirit of extreme perseverance and will to push going. I too would like to see Farya make a performance of the song.

Perfect as always.Glory to the King Darius and Achaemenids. 𓃬

One of your grooviest Iranian melodies. Shows how you really can do catchy soundtrack-level music while remaining authentic. Much love from Ukraine! P.S. 00:27 Ney sounds amazing here. Giving me chills.

Awesome melody, rhythm, insyrumention and theme! This came at a good time since I'm getting more into the Ancient Near East and Iran.

Good day to be alive, Long live Iran🦁☀️

Heck yeah! I was just listening to The Achaemenids.

The section from 1:45 to 2:20, and the awesome tanbour solo right after, is unfortunately not long enough. We need a loop of that!

Dude i love your work here, i fully support what your doing.

Indtantly liked this piece. Achaemenids finally get the recognition they deserve. Masterful and hard hitting, I love every second of this.

فریا جون عشقی پر انرژی ادامه بده کانتکت پارسی بیشتر بگذار

Your music is my bridge to the past, especially to the Achaemenid empire. There’s so few means to be transported there so thank you.

Another classic that has just been released

Cool Arabic desert music bro! Reminds me of Gladiator by Ridley Scott, you know that movie? But I think it needs a little bit of that flute thing, I think it would make it very epic

Thanks for this too beautiful song!!! Greetings from Brazil!

the greatest composer in the world creates another masterpiece❤ thank you farya your music and songs are truly the best!

been following you since you had like 3000 subs, it's incredible how the channel has progressed, keep up the good work!

Love this, love from iran 🇮🇷

Always a joy to hear your music! I especially love how you bring Iranian history into the limelight! Thank you and keep it up!

Farya the legend the world class musician and my favourite artist

Always love to hear iranian instruments absolutely SHRED. The Safavids, Mughals, and the Parthian bits in Carrhae especially. SERIOUS headbangers

💚🦁🌞❤️ Hail to Persian Empire Hail to the Great king of kings Hail to the Truly Aryans Shāhanshāh Jāvidān 👑⚔️ Greetings from IRAN (Persia)

@jamjar1948

27 күн бұрын

@@goodfortune4317 In european languages they called us Persians. But, Persians in Iranian languages means Iranians. Persian in English and Greek and others does not mean Persian ethnics. It means Iranians of the greater Iran.

@jamjar1948

27 күн бұрын

@@goodfortune4317 Yes, you are very right. Also, other countries have the same problem. For example, In Iran people call Hellas (Greece) as Yonan. Yonan is the name of Ionian tribes in western Anatolia not the entire Hellas. Then, Arabs and Turks and Indians also followed Iranians call Hellas as Yonan. China comes from the Qing dynasty in manchu they were not even Han chinese who make the majority of China, but since they formed the first empire every one in Europe called them China, Iran call them Chin, Arabs call then Al-Sin. Indians almost the same. There alot of the same issue everywhere.

@jamjar1948

27 күн бұрын

Zende baad IranShahr Har beji Iranshahr Yashasin IranShahr (Boyuk Iran) Long live Greater Iran

@Maharaaja.

26 күн бұрын

Dorud!!

@mr.farhadiya

26 күн бұрын

@@Maharaaja. Dorud bar to my friend ❤️

Even when the times are dire I can always count on the feeling of relief and isnpiration from your music. Thank you, Farya, your sheer dedication and productivity pushes me forward. Wish you luck and even more inspiration for big projects like Justinian, Crusader, Caesar, Augustus, Nineveh etc. and for small ones

درود عالیست 🏆😘

That beat drop goes hard 👌

Farya puts this out just as I'm going through this inscription for an exam, I love it. For anyone interested, the lines in question are DB 1.17-19 and 21-22, the first block of text from Darius' inscription at Behistun.

One hour ago you had 199.000 followers, now 200.000 so...congrats, you are doing a great job with your music :)

I like the atmosphere of this song. It’s calming but also makes me want to dance! I subscribed! I came here from your other video about orientalism. I’ll watch all of it over the week. Do you plan to tackle any Central, Western, Eastern or indigenous South African music? Africa isn’t really explored much by other musicians unless it’s North Africa.

@faryafaraji

23 күн бұрын

In a perfect future, I'd definitely tackle all regions, but Africa will certainly take a while. Some of the most sophisticated and complex musical traditions are to be found there and right now I absolutely don't have the knowledge to represent them faithfully

Thanks, Farya, I loved this ❤🎉

See title and I already know this is masterpiece

I wanted to say something profound, but the words escape me. All I can say is your fusion of the old and the new homages your nation and people and culture so beautifully. I'm curious to what an Iranian song about crossing the Chinvat to Garo Demana would sound like. (please forgive if I'm butchering the reference.)

one hell of a timing!

Awesome

while always amazed by your musical prowess, as someone with knowledge of iranian languages your pronunciations of more ancient dialects leave me desiring more

شاهکار جدید!🔥🔥🔥

!!!!!!!!! I love all your music but your achaemenid themed stuff is my favorite. especially when you sing old persian! im learning the language and its so beautiful ❤️ keep up the amazing work brother

yet another banger. Great job.

The timing is crazy

You are so good mr Farya, brilliant musician🔆🔆!

That is some timing between the release of this and a certain historical event happening in Iran...

Veryyyyy gooooood😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤darius the great...king of the world.i loooove iran...frome russia

بسیار زیبا بود خیلی خوب بود 😍

I am Zoroastrian, my brother is named Darius.

@annoyinghacker8650

19 күн бұрын

Which country are u from ?

@CrazyMekaMeka

19 күн бұрын

@@annoyinghacker8650 India

@CrazyMekaMeka

18 күн бұрын

@@annoyinghacker8650 india!

Well, I'm glad I saw your essay about orientalism recommended on some random person's Twitter cause this is great! :D

Came to your channel to find actual Iranian music after watching the very long video about orientalist music. This is amazing ❤

King Darius I would be astonished to learn that an Iranian artist has created a remarkable song inspired by one of the inscriptions he commissioned on Mount Behistun 2500 years ago.

omg old persian sounds so cool

Beautiful ! 🇸🇮

So much more interesting than what is portrayed as Iranian music in the West, I would def buy an album of this

I was just reading the Behistun inscription! It's amazing to see you transform the words into music

I wish I could take a time machine and visit Achaemenid Iran. Want to see what Persepolis might have looked like in its glory. 🌟

LOOK WHO DECIDED TO POST WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE STILL AWAKE

Greetings to Darius the Great 🖐

Long live great Iran

Great work❤️👋 you could use karnay(کرنا)for Iranian songs too especially Achaemenids

I still think how sad it is the conditions of the actual Iran compared to the old Achaemenid empire, good thing Cyrus or Dario cannot see it

🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🦁👑☀️⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥 Long live our IRAN 🫡👑

The Duduk goes hard. Jokes aside, the actual instruments you use sound awesome, and I'll definitely be jamming to this on my way to work tomorrow.

Need an iranian album on spotify

The timing couldn’t be better

Finally, actually accurate Iranian music to play while playing RPG with the boys

1:55 sounds like a Lori folk song

Very beautiful, rich and layered. Thanks.

Is it possible for you to compose music telling the life of Tigranes the Great, similar to what you did for Augustus, Caesar and others? It would be cool to see, since he has a very interesting life story, starting as a hostage in the Parthian court and, a few years later, becoming the most powerful man east of Rome. I can already imagine how beautiful a symphony it would be with Roman, Persian, and Armenian musical combinations.

Another fabulous song thank you farya Jan

Today is a good day