You can buy this song and the rest of my music here: faryafaraji.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-old-iran-vol-ii A composition by Farya Faraji. The lyrics are in Middle-Persian, the chronological variety of the Persian language spoken in the Sasanian Era, and they are taken from a rhymed ballad dating to the time following the fall of the Sasanian Empire at the hands of the Arabic Rashidun Caliphate. According to J. C. Tavadia from "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland" in 1955, while the exact date of the poem cannot be pinpointed, some estimates can be made. The greatest peculiarity of the poem is that it rhymes--as a general rule of thumb, Iranian and Greco-Roman poems of the Ancient World did not rhyme, and the concept was popularised by the Arabs following their expansion in the Early Middle-Ages. This would point to a late date for the poem, but Tavadia indicates that the use of certain, more archaic Middle-Persian words supports the idea that this poem would have been written at an earlier date, therefore it is possible that this text was produced in the very decades following the conquest of Iran by the Arabs. The text expresses the hope of the era's Iranians, who await the coming of a Zoroastrian messianic figure called Shah Vahram Varzavand, a figure who will come from India, overthrow the Arab invaders and restore native Iranian and Zoroastrian rule to the land. The poem can essentially be contextualised as a "wish-image" of the oppressed Zoroastrian Iranians yearning for the return of the previous state of rule. The figure of Shah Vahram as a messianic figure carries with him the weight of Iranian mythology, as he is said to be of the lineage of the Kayanian--the mythological dynasty of Iran who was said to have ruled at the beginning of the world, and the dynasty around which the Shahnameh epic revolves. The poem can therefore be described as both a deeply nationalistic and religious one; the two concepts being intertwined in this historical context, with Zoroastrianism being one with the concept of Iranian identity in the eyes of the text's writer(s). This is a text I've been trying to set to music since June, but the dozen or so melodies I came up with each failed to evoke the text's deep sense of melancholy; hopefully this melody does the job, as this was a hard text to grasp musically. Keep mind that both the pronunciation and the music are not representative of the Sasanian and post-Sasanian eras-there are very few resources on Middle Persian pronunciation, and I decided to go with a modern standart Iranian pronunciation with a few archaic affectations from the Sasanian era, like the "v" sound being pronounced as a "w." As for the music, no music is preserved to us from that time, so consider this piece as a whole a modern Iranian interpretation of an earlier Iranian subject. Lyrics in Middle-Persian: Kay bavâd kû pêg-ê âyed az Hindûgân? Kû : "mad hân i Shâh varhrân az dûd ag î kayân!" Kê shpîl ast hazâr, abar sar-ô-sar ast pîlbân, Ke abrâstag drafs dâred ped êvên î husrôgân pêsh-lashkar barend ped spâh-sâlârân! Mard-ê visê abâyed kirdan zîrag targumân, Ke shaved bê gôbed ped Hindûgân Kû amâh cê dîd az dast î tâzîgân, Amâh azêr, avêshân côn shâhân, Bê stad hend pâdixshâyîh î az husrôgân, Nê ped hunar ud mardîh, côn êrân, Bê ped afsôs ud riyahrîh, côn dêvân! Bê stad hend ped stahm az mardômân, Abâz harâg âst hend, sâg î grân, Az amâh bê âyed hân Shâh Varhrâm, I Varzâvand az dûdag î Kayân , Bê âvarem kên î tâzîgân, Côn rôstahm âvurd sad kên î Syâvashân! Translation: When will a courier come from India? (to say) that: “King Vahrām of the family of the Kavi has come, Having a thousand elephants, being upon them an elephant-keeper, Having raised banners, in the manner of the Husrô (Persian kings) The advance-guards are led by the generals! A man should be dispatched, a clever interpreter, Who may go and tell to India, What we have seen from the hands of the Arabs! All at once they weakened the religion and killed the kings. We (have become) inferior, they are like kings.They have taken away the sovereignty from the Husrô, Not by virtue and valour, (like the noble Aryans,) But in mockery and scorn, (like the demons.) By force they have taken away from men They have demanded again the tribute, a heavy impost. From us shall come that king Vahrâm, Possessing marvellous power, of the family of the Kavi. We will bring vengeance in the Arabs, As Rostam brought a hundred to the Syavashan.

@bawapro

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏

@enclavegeneral3946

Жыл бұрын

To be fair Farya while no man has not yet come forth from india to liberate the zoroastrian people, no country that has taken residency in Iran has lasted long there are a few true but as a large part Iran has been, and will always be the graveyard of empires.

@slavman1945

11 ай бұрын

@@enclavegeneral3946 Like Afghanistan?

@slavman1945

11 ай бұрын

@@enclavegeneral3946 Its a rule, nothing lasts. Many empires thrived and died across all places in different times.. Empires are created but also get destroyed. Everything has an end. In Iran the Achaemenid Empire and Sasanian Empire were some really good Empires. In India, Mauryan Empire, Mughal Empire, and Maratha Empire

As an Iranian this made me cry. Long live iranzamin. May light prevail in the eternal battle against darkness.

@naughtyUphillboy

10 ай бұрын

Biggest darkness is Islam, that has killed your region/Country, otherwise Iran may be was the best region of humanity & early civilization

@atharvamarne9187

9 ай бұрын

So ur non Muslim???

@ShabrangBehzad

9 ай бұрын

​@@atharvamarne9187 Practicing Islam is a direct affront to our Iranian heritage and ancestry.

@farinay9994

9 ай бұрын

@@atharvamarne9187 actually most iranians especially the younger generation including myself we ABSOLUTELY hate this religion the only thing that's still keeping this country a "Muslim" country is the Islamic Republic regime , which we cannot wait to OVERTHROW then we can finally be free , it actually makes me happy that after 1400 years my generation was the one to say fuck this religion and wants the old iranian culture back.

@T_K_R_G

8 ай бұрын

Your ancestors proudly for centuries embraced Islam, but not this authoritarian communist Shii Imami mixed vile modern abomination which is the present day government. Look for Sufism practiced by great Iranians when Iran was the most advanced. It produced great scientists, mystics, scholars, poets, who were all Sufi and Sunni like Ibn Sina, Ghazali, Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Abdullah Ansari, Khavarezmi and so many others. Iranians when they experienced true Islam the majority freely embraced it, and they even surpassed Arabs like me because they judged the message for its own merits for they were an advanced cultural people. Because they weren't ethno-centric and close minded like many of their present day descendants. Search for your true legacy and greatness for these past 1400 years and don't buy into the propaganda of the regime or propaganda by some of the misguided of the opposition.

I am fascinated by the sense of ancient alliance between India and Persia has been potrayed by this ballad !

@mazdakbamdadan9733

10 ай бұрын

It's about future not past

This song is like Persia itself. just when you think its finished, it starts all over again.

@setarehmariposa9571

2 жыл бұрын

beautifully said

@bloodfiredrake7259

Жыл бұрын

For as long as Huma circles the skies, Iran shall remain.

@parsapourkaveh7492

Жыл бұрын

If this was reddit I'd give this comment a gold award, at least.

@uraniumgum4063

Жыл бұрын

Comment aged well

@illinium1727

Жыл бұрын

Loves from a Persian, way far from her sacred land...

As a north-western Indian I'm suprised how much of the lyric I understood without knowing enough of Persian/Farsi. Not only I understood the loan words from Farsi into our language, but the cognates aswell. I wish Iranians and Indians knew how close both of us are.

@djpatel9616

2 жыл бұрын

Also Armenians Bro,i'm Iranian Armenian and i live in Yerevan,I started learning Farsi recently and i'm not that well by now but anyways i understand the context and lyrics because our languages belongs to Indo-European one's and very close to each other

@alinazari9272

Жыл бұрын

@@djpatel9616 we were once all brothers but we were separated by politics and religion. Hope it will change for the rest of days.

@fringeanomaly9284

Жыл бұрын

@@alinazari9272 how

@Rizu-kc3ze

Жыл бұрын

@@fringeanomaly9284 only when few religions who separate , divide and judge humanity between believers and non believers gets deradicalized

@adityaraj2447

Жыл бұрын

Bhai I'm also north Indian from U.p but I couldn't understand?...

This is only real patriotic poem of Iran after Arab invasion. I had across the text of this many years ago but I lost track of it. I am so glad I came across it.

@Indo-Aryan9644

2 жыл бұрын

When this was written and are they(Iranian,Zarustarians) still waiting for king Vahram? Are king vahram going to be Iranian decent or of Indian decent according to this 🤔

@alexandergrinya5725

2 жыл бұрын

I also consider the lament of Rustam in Shahnameh to be as patriotic. I wander if it could be put to music.

@alinazari9272

Жыл бұрын

@@Indo-Aryan9644 in Iranian culture sometimes they refered to kabulistan by hendovan. it doesn't matter that much. He just need to be of keyanids.

@nishantshrivastav9368

Жыл бұрын

@@alinazari9272 that time there is no muslim in Kabul all were Hindus or Buddhists that is also known as hindustan

@Thug_Shaker

Жыл бұрын

@@Indo-Aryan9644 Parsi?

I've generally ignored the Sassanids, mostly because most of what I read, watched, and learned about that era was focused on the Romans/Byzantines, so the Sassanids always appeared as the enemy. But this song, even if it isn't representative or historically accurate, is just so beautiful and filled with emotion that I'm so going to start reading some more about Persian history.

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Sasanian history and Ancient Iranian history as a whole is fascinating-I remember a book that was called "The Two Eyes of the World," and it referenced the Byzantine and Sasanian emperors. It's a very accurate description; Iran was sort of the Middle-Eastern counterpart to the Greco-Roman world, and in my experience, reading about both gives one a more complete picture of West Eurasian history

@novideoshereable

2 жыл бұрын

"The Two Eyes of the Earth" is an extremely good piece of history, I recommend "The Iranian Expanse" by the same author, as well as "The Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire" by Parvaneh Pourshariati, Greg Fisher's "Between Empires" and "ReOrienting the Sasanians" by Khodadad Rezakhani. Eberhard Sauer et al's "Sasanian Persia" is also good, though is mostly a collection of papers, and some of them make a few strange assertions that don't really make a lot of sense.

@brebenelandrei

2 жыл бұрын

@@novideoshereable Thank you very much for the recommendations!

@hamedpoker9976

Жыл бұрын

You dont have any idea how much this song is historically accurate...

@faryafaraji

Жыл бұрын

@@hamedpoker9976 Depends what we're talking about: the music itself isn't, it's not actual Sasanian-era music, only modern Iranian music. As for the lyrics, they're accurate to the feelings of Iranians back then, though their feelings and objective reality are two different things; we can be certain that from the Arab point of view, the Arabs didn't fight through "scorn and mockery like demons" as the song claims

I'm Indian. We should have heard, we should have sent that army to help Iran. Failure to do so brought the invaders to us and led to a partition of our homeland. We did defeat the Khilafat in 740, but they kept coming. I pray for the Iranian people to be free. Your defiance is inspiring.

Long Live Iran. Founders of Eastern Civilization. It irreversibly shaped the East long before Islam. Islam could not erase these effects. Much love and respect from Turkey.

@artinrahideh1229

2 жыл бұрын

Iran tarihi ve kültürüne gösterdiğiniz ilgi için teşekkur ederiz🙏.

@g1u2y345

Жыл бұрын

There isn't one nation who founded Eastern civilization. It is a mix of Iranian, Greek, Arab, Iraqi civilizations, Egyptian and ancient Israeli

@armored_half-truck

Жыл бұрын

@@g1u2y345 There was nothing like ancient Israeli, it was called Hebrews.

@bladey_0_10

Жыл бұрын

@@g1u2y345 Indian? Chinese?

@kerimkerimov6332

Жыл бұрын

@@g1u2y345 Иран земли цивилизация

This tells the story of the Parsis that came to India. As a result, many illustrious figures of Indian History have been Parsis, one of them being actors, serving in the military, and building Fire Temples in India. (In fact Tata Airlines before it changed to Air India, was run by Parsi Businessmen known as the Tatas who are quite famous in India) Such a cool community! In Mumbai they have a World Zorostrain Conference or something like that.

As an indian & hindu i'm so sad by knowing the fact parsis was killed / percecuted , converted them & wipe out them on their own land , as hindu we understand their pain😢

i cant stop crying. simple , spiritual yet haunting.

Long Live Eran 🦁 Be Strong Aways India 🇮🇳 Got Your Back Always And Will Always Support You

@bardiagh6960

11 ай бұрын

Thnks Aryan bro

Beautiful. Thank you for reviving Iranian heritage. We are still suffering from their invasion

@arnavshishodia694

6 ай бұрын

They are uncivilised and illiterate beings. Both India and Iran are suffering from their infestation. Both India and Iran have been great cultural hubs and glorious which gave rise to many great people. It's fascinating how close Persians and Indians are in terms of culture

"Find a good interpreter, send him to India, Tell Indians of what we suffered at the hands of the Arabs (referring to Islamic invasion), So the Indians can come with their thousand Elephants and save us."

As an Indian, my heart pains hearing this and thinking what has become of The Great Persia today. Even Hindustan is wounded. We must rise again. Tyranny will end.

@ShahanshahShahin

Жыл бұрын

🇮🇳🟩⬜🟥

@armanfeli1011

Жыл бұрын

❤🤍💚🦁☀️🇮🇳

@saeedpakiari7446

Жыл бұрын

We will rise again. What is happening in Iran is Iran rising from its ashes again. Legend says thar Persians migrated to Iran from Hindustan. A lot of us fled to India when Islam invaded our country. In this century, you and us all will rise together to the height.

@bladey_0_10

Жыл бұрын

Dharma will prevail brother ✊

@user-cc3pw5up9l

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

Vahram or Verethraghna in Avestan language was a Yazata (angel) of Victory under Ahuramazda (God) in Zoroastrian mythology

@afghjkjhtfvbmmkifd1657

Жыл бұрын

when will the king vahram arrive?

@yaqubebased1961

Жыл бұрын

Before they were yazata under Ahura Mazda, they were our old gods. While technically Mithra is our god of war, Verethragna/Bahram is his agent in that regard.

Three tracks in less than a week?!? Farya, you the man! As always, thanks also for providing the translation and story. There is a small Parsi-Zoroastrian sect in India called Ilm-i-Khshoom who await the arrival of Shah Vahram Varzavand. They have their own small atashkadeh in the town of Udvada near the famous Iranshah Atash Behram. I never knew of this poem so thanks so much for sharing, really appreciate it!

@anirudh177

2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting.

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

It's fascinating to think that Vahram is still being awaited to this day, thanks for the info! I'm definitely going to look into that town, even maybe visit it one day and document it, it's absolutely fascinating! Do you happen to know if the figure of Vahram Varzavand emerged as a result of the Arab invasion, like a national/religious coping mechanism if you will, or was he already an established messianic figure prior to the invasion, and was then added this new dimension of freeing Iran from the Arabs?

@HistorywithCy

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji you know to be honest I didn't know about SBV with the exception of that Ilm-i-Khshoom group, which most Zoroastrians that I know consider to be a small doomsday cult. They were really active in the late 90s predicting that SVV would return in the year 2000 as the Saoshyant or savior/messiah but now I think they've sort of piped down and keep to themselves, though as far as I know they still have their own Atashkadeh. I hadn't seen anything about the coming of SVV in any Sasanian or Pahlavi literature that I had read until I saw and heard your piece, so thank you so much for that! Looking forward to more!

@ajithsidhu7183

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji please do one punjab and king porus

@Indo-Aryan9644

2 жыл бұрын

@MR map The Thing great about King Puru is he was an Small tribal leader or Some few villages king(Small territory leader),Still he was not summited to Alaxender and gave him tough Competition,At the time when every king around him Summited to Invader. Puru was So insignificant king in Indian history that if he was Summited to Invader Insted of Facing him bravely,He would have not even been mention in history. The bravery made him special 😊👍

Oh the pain in voice... I wish history could have been different but unfortunately it wasn't meant to. Iranian shall rise again.

The writer(s) of this song would be very proud to know that 1300 years later people still remember it, but sad to know that Shah Vahram still has not come.

Came here after watching the video of ex-Muslim sahil where I came to know about this song. Beautiful song. Must be used in a movie.

@battelroyale7104

11 ай бұрын

please provide the link of that video of ex muslim sahil

So beautiful and mesmerizing ❤ Salute from Algeria to all my Iranian brothers and sisters 🇩🇿❤🇮🇷

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

شكرا ! Much love to beautiful Algeria❤️

@AncientRelicTales

Жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji🇮🇳 Hindú 🇮🇷 Long Live Aryans There Are No Brotherhood The Algerians Are Muslimeen Africans they support you for they interest We support Iran 🇮🇷 because They are our blood brothers

@_SUPREME_ARCHAILECT_OF_MALAYS

11 ай бұрын

@@AncientRelicTales Fucking Dumbass, he was being Nice yet you Hindu Fucks can't shut the fuck up, can't you?

I am from India and I understand what this song is about 😢

@heheye461

Жыл бұрын

I think they were waiting for help from their friends from hidustan. But nothing happen? Am i right?

@Yazdegerdiranyar

11 ай бұрын

@@heheye461 It actually happened. Read the history of Qarmatian 🥲

@Prudentvedic

11 ай бұрын

@@Yazdegerdiranyar did the help came form India for our Iranian brothers 🥲

@ShabrangBehzad

11 ай бұрын

The pain is shared universally by Perso-Aryans and Indo-Aryans alike. 😢

@mazdakbamdadan9733

10 ай бұрын

​@@heheye461it's about the end of time. Zoroastrian believes that at end of time an Indian king will take iran with a great army

Imagine Vahram in this song real came from India and drove out arabs. What will history be like?

@dakros1271

Жыл бұрын

Wtf

You are beyond praises. People like you are Rare. Divine gifted talent you have. Keep on creating such marvelous masterpieces, wish you Success. I liked them very much ❤️🙏

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot my friend!

As an Indian from Rajput clan I'm ashamed of myself 🥺 I don't know what to do but i just want to do something for Aryavart and persia . 🥺

The grief makes me cry Everytime I hear this I want to forget... This world is indebted to me a motherland that I can live in without thinking about saving her every day

I'm listening to this wonderful song for 2 days nonstop. It's an absolute epic. Great job farya

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot, I'm glad it works!

Thanks to ex muslim debates where I found this beautiful music & Story behind this poetry 🙏😘🙏

@speedwagon1824

Жыл бұрын

Link to debate?

@yaqubebased1961

Жыл бұрын

Does KZread even allow an ex muslim community

@bladey_0_10

Жыл бұрын

What's the story in detail?

@Yazdegerdiranyar

Жыл бұрын

@@bladey_0_10 after the devastating attack of Muslims on Persia, burning millions of books, killing thousands of men and selling women and children into slavery, we see a post-apocalyptic pattern in Iranian literature. Bahar (PhD, Tehran University) believes that this poem is written in middle of 7th century in Middle Persian language with influence of new Persian. The pome describes the story of Sushianth, a saviour coming from india and freeing Iran from the Bad-Dinan (Bad religioners) aka Muslims. The story of Sushianth was a key principle of the Knightley Orders fromed during 7-9th centuries Iran to fight back Muslim invasion; eg. order of Hashashins (Assassins). Anyways, this dream lived on to this day. And I'm sure we're living the final years of this battle right now! 💚🤍❤️

I actually got tears in my eyes listening to this with context

We Hindus failed to save Iranians from islamic Arabs otherwise today's Iran will be different and more prosperous with zorastians religion.

Such an amazing work! It brings sorrow to my heart because I know Shah Vahram never came to rescue....

@nishantmaderna6295

Жыл бұрын

This isn't the end buddy .

@abutahiraljanabi

Жыл бұрын

End is new beginning...

@miwa7904

11 ай бұрын

Iran is still in crisis. Look at how many young women died protesting against compulsory Hijab. I hope better sense prevails in India and we could prove to be of some help to them.

Thanks to Abhijit Chavada sir he guided us to come here and listen to the masterpiece. A true essence of History can be felt

Love from ExMuslim sahil Im shocked, why no one from parsis community talked about islamic invasion of percia.. Although they are the reachest / brave / educated and Inflansive community of India.. Please make movie about Persian invasion , in iran there is lot of good actors and I thing they are happy to do roll in that type of movie.. And He will get world wide publicity.. because America never miss a chance to criticise Iranian Islamic regime

@atharvamarne9187

11 ай бұрын

Parises are only left in India that's may be reason

@rtam7097

11 ай бұрын

Link?

@Rizu-kc3ze

9 ай бұрын

In which stream of Sahil you got this song reference?

I didn't realize how similar middle persian and Farsi dari were! For someone who speaks Farsi this is very familiar sounding. Most of the words are still used and known

It all makes sense why the Hindus back then couldn't help Persians. The 3 major powers Gurjar pratiharas, Pala empire and Rashtrakutas were busy fighting among themselves not realising the devil knocking on their door plundering Persia and then later Sindh.

Came here after Shahin Bhai's recommendation from Ex Muslim Sahil's channel. 💐 Love from India🇮🇳, Hare Krishna

Farya jan, I just want you to know that I enjoy all your pieces but it's just this one... I can't ever bring myself to listen all the way through. I feel an incredible amount of pain and lament just because this evokes some kind of feeling that makes me uncomfortable. It's been over a thousands years and yet I can still feel the hatred and anger of our ancestors in these lyrics. And this is still pretty tame compared to the full ballad which I've also read. I don't even care about the historical authenticity of the lyrics, it's just them expressing their feelings and justifiably so. Thank you for sharing but I can't ever listen to this without tears running down my face. Stay safe

I wonder if Kayiyan or kayi is same as legendary Kavi chayamana(in rig Veda) the king who led the coalition (Alina,simyu, parsua etc) against Bharata clan in battle of the ten Kings. His ancestor Abhyavartin chayamana is called a Parthava(parthian) in Rig veda. Beautiful but sad song 🙏.

Amazing how much the language persevered itself, I genuinely thought it's just modern Persian at first.

@SonofChrist77

Жыл бұрын

Got to thank the Samanid empire for that 😁❤️🙏🏻

Beautiful music , it transmits you the emotions of the era. Greetings!

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot!

I wish our ancestors had acted upon the call of great king Varham. BTW Beautiful music and Lyric.

@hitopdesh4202

Жыл бұрын

Bruh King Vahram hasn't come yet let alone giving the call

@DudewithaGoodMood

Жыл бұрын

We can end this tyranny of Islam. Let us join together and not lose hope. Dharma and Asha will rise again.

One of your most underrated and catchiest compositions! Powerful!

I am definitely seeing what my dad thinks of this. These are such a delight. They all are, but this stuff gets me real excited to share with my family hehehehehe

@henripentant1120

Жыл бұрын

That’s the best

what a beautiful song thank u farya faraji love u from iran❤️❤️❤️

Beautiful! Listening to this is like spiritual experience. At the same time it tugs at my heartstrings, it is like an innocent child complaining of the injustices committed on him. Where is Vahram and what is taking him so long!? :(

@Rizu-kc3ze

Жыл бұрын

We must now wait for Kalki Avater.

@tylerdurden1705

11 ай бұрын

Kalki isn't coming yet but Lord Balrama(Vahram) has born already in pawar kshatriya vansh and he is already 23. Soon he will be leading us in the upcoming great Dharmayuddh.

Believe and work towards it. The ancient will rise again. 🙏

Don't mind me, just revisiting the absolute banger song that got me into your channel while writing about Raushna I Shahanzai, Queen of Kings of the Haxamanian Empire riding into battle on a war elephant in the fantasy novel I'm writing

This is a stunning and powerful song. Thank you for breathing life into antiquity!

The history of Iran was summed up in disappearing absorbed by another power, the power adopts Iranian customs, Iran frees itself, becomes rich and prosperous again, and then repeats the cycle again.

This is one of the only song I've cried to, you've done an amazing job. thank you, for keeping our true culture alive.

This song and all the other ones you have created are just very beautiful and deep. This song is my favorite. Listen to it everyday. Keep up the good work and keep the ancient world alive :)

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot!

Im not saying I have listened to this on replay already 10+ times today...but I have :)

It's a shame I discovered your works very late. You deserve more subscribers.

That's pretty precious writings which you have given a new life. Thank you for this outstanding job.

Amazing inclusion of the “Ashem Vohu” in an already fantastic composition and performance.

I know you struggled with the melody for this one, but I think what you finally came up with was inspired. This is my favourite song on your channel.

Beautiful and mesmerizing, there is always a new begining,There is a sunrise after every dark night.,

Perisa Will Rise again❣️

It is actually quite the same concept used after many centuries by the Byzantines with the legend of the return of the marbled king after the fall of the empire.

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Very true, it's the same basic story of the king who'll return the conquered lands, good observation! I did some some research and in Sith Thompson's motif index system, which is like a collection of folk motifs from around the world, he catalogues this concept as "D 1960.2, King asleep in the mountain." What he calls the King asleep in the mountain is basically that recurring motif across the world of a hero, often a leader, who will one day return.

@GTakos89

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji There are quite many side stories two. One of them is about a half fried, half alive fish which still lives in the sea waiting the retake of the capital. According to the legend a monk was frying 2 fish during the siege. When the news of the fall arrived one fish was already cooked and the other jumped to the sea . Another one is that the sword of the king (many refer to be Constantine Palaiologos the last emperor but others that Saint-Emperor of the poor, Ioannes Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicea will be the one) year after year is drawing the sword from the case. When the right time will come, the sword will be unsheathed, and he will awake from his stasis.

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

@@GTakos89 I really need to get more familiar with the Byzantine body of myths and folklore. Outside of Greece, we all know and focus on Ancient Greek mythology, but there's this whole body of myth during the era of Byzantium that I'm interested in learning about; I'm planning to make a series of songs about Diagenes Akritas for example

@GTakos89

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji To be honest because West cultivated more the antiquity and was in great enmity most of the time with the Romans. This led the post medieval West to the apotheosis of the ancient Greeks and the ''banishment'' of the Byzantium. Byzantium is quite unexplored, as it is genuinely a competitor of the West and a claimant of classical antiquity. If you can read in French I would really suggest to you 3 writers and a few works 1)Vie et civilisation byzantines : tome I fascicule I - - Byzantinôn bios kai politismos phedon koukoules [Phaidônos Koukoule] Published by Athènes, Collection de l'Institut français d'Athènes, 1948 (folk lore and customs) 2) Helene Glykatzi-Arveler ''Studies on the Internal Diaspora of the Byzantine Empire'' 3)L’APPROCHE COSMOSYSTÉMIQUE DE L’HISTOIRE ET L’HELLÉNISME Georges CONTOGEORGIS & George Kontogiorgis, sur « Byzance sous la domination ottomane » contogeorgis.blogspot.com/2021/11/blog-post_12.html Digenes (Di-genes = means 2 genuses in Greek) which actually refers to the ''nationality'' of the hero. He was from the genus of the Romioi / Rums /Eastern Romans and Arab. He fights constantly from Syria to Armenia and to Cyprus against the angel of Death. He wears super expensive belts from Lahore and he actually is Pronoiarios in the borders (pronoia named by the Turks as timar). Well the Byzantines had an extensive literature of the ancient Greek myths which mostly influenced the heroic and epic Byzantine poems. Some ancient Greek myths were also incorporated in ecclesiastical moral teachings . Saint Basil the Great wrote a whole treatise about the Greek mythology and its benefits to the Christian youth around 330AD. What is considerably new during the era were the love poems and novels, e.g. Aristander and Kallithea (Constantine Manasses).

@GTakos89

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji a myth that also survived till the 1921 was that a 6 finger king would be the chosen to liberate Constantinople.

You deserve so much recognition! Pleas do one about Kurds of Xorasan too! I love your work.

Vahram (Bahram in modern Iranian language) is the equivalent of The Messiah (Christanity), Imam Mahdi (Islam) and The Maitreya (Buddhism) of the Iranians!!!

@bladey_0_10

Жыл бұрын

Kalki of Hinduism?

@kashpen

Жыл бұрын

@@bladey_0_10 I'm not sure, but I think so... The Greeks, The Jews (Mesiakh) and other cultures have equivalents of him too...

I admit that this one is on top of my playlist. Lyrics, music and vocals altogether have a very distinct touch in my psyche.

That certainly is the best way to learn history! I could feel the hope and tension those people must have felt. You can't get that from a history book..You're right. Epic!

This track is one of best your sound , Mr Farya.

Live Long Native Iranian Culture

Absolutely beautiful voice! Thank you so much for sharing different cultures through your music! It’s truly invaluable.

Beautiful! Your work is so unique! Looking forward for more of your great work! I listen to your music when reading history.

Wow this is so underrated and beautiful 😍🥰 it is a pleasure to the ears

This is along with alot of of the iranian songs from your channel are the most beautiful songs and melodies that have ever graced my ears thank you

I can never find the words to describe how I feel while listening to these songs! "LOVE" 🙏🏻.

This goes directly to my 8th grade lesson on the expansion of the Islamic world, next to the Akathistos hymnos... so epic!

Fantastic music , great lyrics ! Santuri is absolutely fantastic ! Lovely language !

Vahram is the Iranian's King Arthur!

I am impressed by your music, and also by your knowledge of the ancient world. It's amazing reading the words you tell us, amazing reading the replies. With respect. Such a treasure to come upon. Very best wishes and deepest regards.

This is the definition of perfection,your voice,the lyrics,everything was just so perfect.man you killed it l can't stop listening to it😍 sending all of my love to you❤💐

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

I'm super glad you like it, thanks alot :)

Thank you very much for this song and music😊

Real treat! Thank you.

Great job man, I really liked it.

So beautiful. Really mesmerizing.

It's beautiful. Thank you.

Very enjoyable to listen to, great stuff.

Persians are ready 🇮🇷🇹🇯🇦🇫 ❤️‍🔥

Its funny how civilizations vanish and Art never dies!

Its the Best of Your works .)

Love ur music farya

❤❤❤😢😢😢 no words to describe it is simply wonderful ❤

Beautiful song.

Discovered your channel not long ago, absolutely loving your stuff. Just take my money already :D

We indians are very grateful to say that "parsis" are one of us, parsis have excelled in the field of buisness and we wouldn't have had strong ideals like mr. Ratan Tata if the Zoroastrians hadn't migrated to our lands.

Everytime I listen to this it becomes better

Perfect !

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Soroush!

So, this song is the Persian analogy to the Greek song about Constantine XI? Anyways, love to Iran from a Sarmatian. I'm currently reading the Avesta, and I love your religion although I'm not Zoroastrian myself.

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Very similar indeed to the legend of the Marble Emperor, it's the same basic concept. And neither am I Zoroastrian, to me it's more of a fascinating part of Iranian history, much like the pagan religions of Europeans. They may be mostly gone from Iran and Europe as religious beliefs but their echoes are still felt in our modern identities :)

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

@Sawyer Cantrell Yeah I'd say most of the Zoroastrians in the world are located in India probably

@babak4947

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafaraji There are still Zoroastrian communities in Iran. In Yazd, for example. As well as in other corners of the world. I understand there's a strong community in California now. Relatively recent immigrants, I suppose.

@babak4947

2 жыл бұрын

@@faryafarajiMost Iranians may no longer be Zoroastrian in practice, to be sure. I'm not but as you point out its echo is still felt today. It could be argued that the modern manifestation of the majority version of Shia Islam in Iran today has been heavily influenced by pre-Islamic beliefs including Zoroastrianism. Certainly a case could be made that Sufism is a syncretic expression of an amalgamation of Islamic and pre-Islamic Iranian and Indo-Aryan beliefs including certain strains of Zoroastrianism such as Zurvanism and other traditions. In a strange way it gives one hope on several levels. First, the idea that nothing ever truly dies. As Medgar Evers put it "you can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea". Also this kind of syncretism and mixing of beliefs and ideas into a system suggests a more tolerant, cosmopolitan and open minded alternative to just one belief system imposing its blueprint on others and violently suppressing opposing ideas. The latter, darker and more oppressive path is part and parcel of the human condition to be sure but a syncretic mixing of beliefs does at least provide a happier alternative. Heaven knows, Iran and the Middle East could certainly use more tolerance, cosmopolitanism and open mindedness right now!

@costAmore

Жыл бұрын

Sarmatian or Samaritan?

Love this !

thinking if Bharat (India) helped Iran before islamic invasion things could have been much more different for you and us today 😭🫡

I can listen to this all day 🤧

This is a masterpiece!

it is so beautiful thank you dorood bar shoma iran is foren\ver.

Great song and music 🔥🔥

@faryafaraji

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot :)

Wonderful 💗