Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. The Epic Iranian Series is a musical project where the sounds of modern Iranian music are used as a musical framing device for themes pertaining to the history of the Iranian civilisation. The lyrics heard here are in the Parthian language, and are derived from historical Manichean texts. The pronunciation and text are based on the research of the channel Hu Vaxsh, with a more in depth description of the lyrics in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=oEkKMACdUag
The instrumentation consists of modern Iranian instruments, namely the daf, tombak, tambour, santoor and tar. The rythmic structure of the piece is 5/16, a somewhat rare an anomalous time signature in most world music, and one of the rarest rhythmical forms of modern Iranian music, found in some folk tunes across the country.
Parthian Lyrics:
Tu man ay kxwadāy,
Yazadān abardum,
Wuzurgān kxwadāy,
To arzhan ay istawishn, ud āfrin,
Yāwed o to Istāwām amāh,
Hāwsār it ne ast, pas garw baghift,
Ambāy o to ne ast,
Roshnift ay che man,
Im um yāwār dahāh, pusāg wuzurg paryozhan,
Um xwād dastdhar bawāh
English translation:
You are my God,
The Highest and the Greatest of All,
You are worthy of praise and hail,
Always we praise you,
There is no one like you among all,
There is no one equal to you,
You are our light,
This time, give me the crown of Victory,
And be my friend yourself.
Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. The Epic Iranian Series is a musical project where the sounds of modern Iranian music are used as a musical framing device for themes pertaining to the history of the Iranian civilisation. The lyrics heard here are in the Parthian language, and are derived from historical Manichean texts. The pronunciation and text are based on the research of the channel Hu Vaxsh, with a more in depth description of the lyrics in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=oEkKMACdUag
The instrumentation consists of modern Iranian instruments, namely the daf, tombak, tambour, santoor and tar. The rythmic structure of the piece is 5/16, a somewhat rare an anomalous time signature in most world music, and one of the rarest rhythmical forms of modern Iranian music, found in some folk tunes across the country.
Parthian Lyrics:
Tu man ay kxwadāy,
Yazadān abardum,
Wuzurgān kxwadāy,
To arzhan ay istawishn, ud āfrin,
Yāwed o to Istāwām amāh,
Hāwsār it ne ast, pas garw baghift,
Ambāy o to ne ast,
Roshnift ay che man,
Im um yāwār dahāh, pusāg wuzurg paryozhan,
Um xwād dastdhar bawāh
English translation:
You are my God,
The Highest and the Greatest of All,
You are worthy of praise and hail,
Always we praise you,
There is no one like you among all,
There is no one equal to you,
You are our light,
This time, give me the crown of Victory,
And be my friend yourself.
