Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. For this year's Nowruz song, I wanted to do the complete opposite of last one's. Last year's was a straight, raw song in Mazandarani village style. With this one, I wanted to pay homage to a now more than 200 year old established tradition within Iran of fusing Western music with Iranian elements, something my grandfather was specialised in, and this composition owes much to his style. From 1805's onwards, the piano, especially, has been an instrument that had presence within the academic and intellectual circles of Iran, and has been used to play the Iranian microtonal system of modes, often accompanied with Western harmony, which is what is happening here.
The lyrics are extracted from modern Zoroastrian community prayers, and are in the Avestan language, an Iranic language distantly related to Persian, which was the language of Zoroaster if he existed, and has since been the liturgical language of the religion.
Lyrics in Avestan:
Khshnaothra Ahurahe Mazdāo!
Chithrem Buyāt Ahmi nmāne.
Pithwem Buyāt Ahmi nmāne.
Tokhma Pithwem Buyāt Ahmi nmāne.
Staomācha rāzarecha bareñtu,
Dathushô ahurahe mazdāo
Ameshanãm speñtanãm!
Māchim gerezānāo pārayañtu
Hacha ahmāt nmānāt,
Ahmākemcha Mazdayasnanãm!
English translation:
With satisfaction for
Ahura Mazda!
May there be seed in this
home!
May there be fertility in this
home!
May there be fertility for the
generation in this home!
May they carry the prayers
and gifts to the Creator
Ahura Mazda and the Holy
Immortals!
May they never leave this
Mazdayasni home with
lament!
Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. For this year's Nowruz song, I wanted to do the complete opposite of last one's. Last year's was a straight, raw song in Mazandarani village style. With this one, I wanted to pay homage to a now more than 200 year old established tradition within Iran of fusing Western music with Iranian elements, something my grandfather was specialised in, and this composition owes much to his style. From 1805's onwards, the piano, especially, has been an instrument that had presence within the academic and intellectual circles of Iran, and has been used to play the Iranian microtonal system of modes, often accompanied with Western harmony, which is what is happening here.
The lyrics are extracted from modern Zoroastrian community prayers, and are in the Avestan language, an Iranic language distantly related to Persian, which was the language of Zoroaster if he existed, and has since been the liturgical language of the religion.
Lyrics in Avestan:
Khshnaothra Ahurahe Mazdāo!
Chithrem Buyāt Ahmi nmāne.
Pithwem Buyāt Ahmi nmāne.
Tokhma Pithwem Buyāt Ahmi nmāne.
Staomācha rāzarecha bareñtu,
Dathushô ahurahe mazdāo
Ameshanãm speñtanãm!
Māchim gerezānāo pārayañtu
Hacha ahmāt nmānāt,
Ahmākemcha Mazdayasnanãm!
English translation:
With satisfaction for
Ahura Mazda!
May there be seed in this
home!
May there be fertility in this
home!
May there be fertility for the
generation in this home!
May they carry the prayers
and gifts to the Creator
Ahura Mazda and the Holy
Immortals!
May they never leave this
Mazdayasni home with
lament!
