Parthian Prayer - Epic Iranian Music

[@faryafaraji]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXbOfIB3eMmIl8k 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 and 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.

[@vivat8371]

Not only did you give such a banger but also provide us with a valuable source of information about the ancient iran.❤

[@Thug_Shaker]

What’s the mode this was performed in?

[@gabijojo54]

Prochaine music perse zaratoustra

[@markusavsalum9487]

Waiting for Shahnameh symphony 🎉

[@jamjar1948]

Thank you very much Farya jan. Actually I think Parthian (Arsacid) dynasty was really underrated. They deserve alot of respect. Long Live Iran-Shahr!

[@Niklas.the.13th.]

I believe one of the reasons why the Parthians were underrated is because the Iranians themselves didn't know much about them. For example, in the Shahnameh, very little is told about them, and the Sassanids either emerged their works into their own or neglected them whole. It's the same case about the Medians and the Achaemenids. In Persian literature, we have myths about them, but their actual history was preserved by the Greeks and western Iranologists and Persophiles. And we really came to learn about them in the 20th century. Also, during the Parthian era, the empire was called Āriyānxšaθr.

[@stefanmijatovic1389]

Isn't it Eranshahr?

[@arshiaabedini2686]

​@stefanmijatovic1389 We Iranians call it Iran as a matter of pronunciation. Iran: ایران Eran: اِران

[@AmirA.1212]

Exactly

[@Torm22]

RESPECT TO IRAN FROM BULGARIA 🇧🇬 ❤ 🇮🇷

[@jamjar1948]

Thanks Bro. 🇮🇷❤🇧🇬

[@shapur_II]

A Love ya mate

[@freeiran-x1u]

Thanks brother

[@luthfilofianda3999]

The two "pains in the butt" of the Romans

[@freeiran-x1u]

@luthfilofianda3999 Actually, every persian emperor defeated at least 1 roman emperor, so rome was not such a power, unlike in the movies

[@justinianthegreat1444]

Sending love to Iran! Iran, a civilization in the same level of Rome, Greece, China, and Ancient India! Truly a historical titan that neither it's conquerors or it's enemies can erase the greatness of Iran.

[@DM5550Z]

Justinian shoulda accepted Manichaeism

[@Ajjidahak]

Well said Justinian well said!

[@shapur_II]

Apprecaite it my bro Justinian

[@justinianthegreat1444]

@@DM5550Z no. I'm not cringe

[@justinianthegreat1444]

@@shapur_II always, we're the two eyes of the world and the prideful arabs will never compare to the greatness of Rome and Iran.

[@Julian_Films]

Funnily enough I'm currently working on a short film that takes place largely in the Parthian Empire (under Phraates V)! I was also wondering if you took commissions for soundtracks, I play a little bit of Tanbour but I think that the project would be made a lot better if this part was left up to KZbin's leading expert on duduk free Iranian music. (also I completely understand if you don't, seeing by your upload schedule I can tell your super busy :) )

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

Liking and commenting to get this seen

[@Julian_Films]

@dolphingoreeaccount7395 That's very kind of you, thanks!🙏

[@IMPOSTER_IR]

🦁🇮🇷🌞 We're super proud of you, dude! You're one of the best Iranian composers out there. Keep rocking it!

[@NephilaClavata]

I speak some Urdu which absorbed a good amount of vocabulary from Farsi, and it's really cool to be able to identity some words that are similar enough as to be recognizable to words that I assume people still use in modern Iranian languages today even though Parthian hasn't been spoken for over a thousand years. Thank you for making music like this and letting us see some small threads of the past still available to us in the fabric of today.

[@ShahriarKhorshed]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@tylerbrubaker6642]

An Iranian banger 🔥

[@Unknown-bt5rd]

Parthian

[@tylerbrubaker6642]

@ the Parthians were an Iranian ethnic group

[@IRANikhorasani]

@@Unknown-bt5rd as an parthian. The parthians founded Eran or Iran

[@siyavushkhosrow]

an iranian burger

[@kubislav1313]

Sounds great as always! Never heard Parthian language spoken, but with this pronunciation it has a vibe like ancient Greek with some Slavic phonetical features.

[@somerandomrpgenthusiast8451]

It's difficult to find any Manichaean or even Manichaean themed music on KZbin, glad you gave it some representation with this song.

[@zoroaster5353]

Agreed. We need some Manichaean and Mithraic chants. The empires that formed east of Iran like Kushan, the various graeco-kingdoms, etc could pose a very good opportunity to experiment with cultural syncretism in music.

[@sawhtoo6778]

wait this is Manichaean theme?

[@RD-A4R1Z]

And he's back with another Persi-I mean IRANIAN banger! Beautiful as always. I'd love for you to do a work around the Samanids or Timurids to go with your Timur piece. Keep them coming!

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

Sees video: "oh, cool!" Sees that it is made by Farya Faraji: "clicks faster than a Parthian cataphract"

[@ramtin5152]

I'm going to be that annoying nerd and say : Well actually the Parthian horse archer would be more accurate because they're way lighter and faster than an armored Parthian cataphract 🤓

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

@ramtin5152 I know, they were very fast and deadly, but as were the Parthian cataphracts as well

[@DM5550Z]

Manichaeism is BACK

[@exosproudmamabear558]

​@@ramtin5152You missed the joke they cant click faster than Parthian horse archers

[@Misterp-1922]

Justo cuando estoy jugando como Persia en ck3. Y esta música me da el ambiente perfecto. De verdad sin importar época o cultura, tu nunca vas a decepcionar con tu arte

[@l.k4337]

@@Misterp-1922 Ck3 es el mejor

[@Busson8]

Thats sounds really epic,like warrior prayer thats prayed before battle!

[@mahsaTeh]

Greetings from the land of the Parthians 🤍🙏🏻

[@yanyankee9478]

Pad nam Shahan Shah I Eran ud Aneran🫡

[@NimaBisadi]

Drod abar to parsig zuwan

[@NimaBisadi]

Drod abar to parsig zuwan

[@meysamghahremaninejad6809]

Spas, anushe bavid, javed eranshahr.

[@mennyboy1528]

@@yanyankee9478 Drod abar to, Farya haxamanish

[@محمدطاها-غ2ن]

ممنون واقعا خیلی قشنگ بود درود به کانال شما و همه دوستداران این اهنگ❤❤

[@nepoznatiartist]

I'll never get over the beauty of the santur. It has become one of my favourite instruments. Thanks to you I have developed quite a big love for Iranian music. And congratulations on the well deserved 300k! ❤️

[@DM5550Z]

Love from a person helping to restore manichaeism. Nailed it farya, you are doing a service to mankind. The Ekklesia of Light has republished many of the Manichaean texts lost for millennia, and is further working to restore artworks and fulfill Mani’s prophecy of the return of Manichaeism after a fate of persecution.

[@Eugene-tm8fm]

Manichaean religious lyrics - very interesting. Also congrats on 300k

[@DM5550Z]

I am Manichaean, atleast involved in the restoration project. We are getting in contact with the current ones in China and restoring art pieces via the ekklesia of light.

[@Busson8]

​@DM5550Z You still exist?!I mean...No offend,but I thought there are none of Manichaens left.

[@SatrapOfficiel]

Always a pleasure to hear Iranian traditional songs Farya ! مرسی‌

[@McVaySwifty]

Magnificent, kheili ahli Farya tashakor mikonam. Parthian pieces are always fascinating to hear

[@nishantduhan1]

This melodious leitmotif can be used in a future symphony about Padishah Mihrdat I (Mithradates I the Great) of the Parthian Empire.

[@augeinnos3504]

Ask the civilization developer if you would like to produce the music. because you make really good music from different peoples

[@MasterEhsan369]

دُرود فراوان بر فرَیا و ایرانی و ایران❤️🔥🌹

[@abhiveersoni]

Waiting for a Milvian Bridge symphony featuring Sons of Mars vs Psalm 135

[@theshadowsagas3617]

I have a feeling this is going to appear in future symphonies

[@skswo]

Farya Faraji, plz don't stop make a muzik!!! You so best!!!❤🎉

[@thewekender2701]

I find it oddly cute how the prayer asks of Ahura Mazda's friendship. Like... it's so earnest and cute~ as well as rare, one rarely considers the possibility of asking for a god's frienship 😊

[@Thug_Shaker]

Lots of Sufis sometimes refer to God as the Friend, check out Farya’s Severim Ben Seni track

[@DM5550Z]

Its Manichaean, its not ahura mazda wrong god. Its Zurvan, father of Greatness

[@lycopodium262]

​@@Thug_Shaker is that part of original islam?

[@Thug_Shaker]

@@lycopodium262 Don’t know about Arabic, certainly in Persian and by extension Turkish Sufi traditions

[@arshiaabedini2686]

​@@lycopodium262 Sufism originates back to ancient Iran, which was made Islamic after the fall of Persia by muslims. Rumi a famous Iranian poet introduces to Islam. Sufism was Persia's way of thinking and the word philosophy comes from this( it means someone who likes sophies/sufis)

[@archeolog_002]

Salom az Uzbekistan barodaroni Aryan 🇺🇿🇮🇷🇹🇯🟩⬜⬛🫂🫡

[@rdmozi]

Doorod bar shoma dost aziz parsi zaban , az tehran iran ❤️🇮🇷

[@arshiaabedini2686]

Doorod bar shoma az Iran barodar🤝

[@archeolog_002]

@@rdmozi barodaram 🫂

[@archeolog_002]

@@arshiaabedini2686 zinda boshed barodaram 🫂

[@arshiaabedini2686]

@@archeolog_002 ❤️

[@goldrinn12]

잊을만 하면 페르시아풍(이란풍) 음악이나 노래를 올려주시는군요. 게다가 파르티아어 가사는 아르사케스 왕조를 주제로 한 음악과 카르헤 전투를 주제로 한 교향곡 이후로 오랜만에 봅니다. ^^

[@zack2804]

페르시아는 많은 이란 그룹 중 하나의 인종 그룹입니다. 파르티아인은 페르시아인이 아니었습니다.

[@casperdec5126]

I listened to a lot of your Iranian music while making my animated short set in Persia🇮🇷 I'm now doing the same with listening to your slavic music for a project I'm working on set in Bulgaria🇧🇬 Keep inspiring🙏

[@Hasannn1964]

Tanrı birdir ama farklı isimleri vardır... Tanrı seni korusun Farja kardeşim..❤❤🕊️🕊️🙏

[@user-bq6vz5im7g]

درود بر شما استاد با این موسیقی دلپذیر مانند همیشه❤

[@EkklesiaOfLight1023]

Glad to see some Manichean texts being used this way :) hope to see more soon.

[@Rodney-dt2ls]

My soul stirs Thank you Farya!

[@DM5550Z]

Glad to hear, united Mani, Christ, Zoroaster, Buddha all for the glory of light!

[@SheepStrategist]

Congratulations on 300k!

[@arsta_798]

Another Parthian classic 🙏

[@Yoyërcompany]

We're praising God for 300K on this channel with this one 🔥

[@iberius9937]

Masterful! Love the 5/16 rhythm and deft musicianship!!!

[@Ranger_7980]

منتظر این لحظه بودم اشکانیان 🔥🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@aramokurdo]

as a Kurd this is so much close to our religious music and also i can understand 40% of the words 😍

[@Armin471]

Another masterpiece 👏❤

[@LegionaryofRome88]

Among the Arsacids, and this, Iran on the musical level is epic, I hope you will be encouraged one day to do something about the Roman-Parthian War of Trajan in which Ctesiphon fell for the first time. Greetings from Spain, 🇪🇦🤝🏻🇮🇷

[@gavi4]

Awesome 🔥🔥

[@imitradisv]

What a chance to hear this masterpiece this early!

[@kurekotake5663]

I love Farya's epic Iranian songs

[@yafayafa9601]

Very beautiful, thank u. ❤

[@Iluminado991]

We manicheans thank you very much for this song :>

[@arshiaabedini2686]

Wow I've never imagined there would be any Manichaeans left. It's interesting!

[@DM5550Z]

@@arshiaabedini2686Well there is many left in China, and groups like the Ekklesia of Light are republishing texts and Manis book of pictures/original art. Manichaeism had a scriptural book actually composed of entirely art and iconography of the religion.

[@arshiaabedini2686]

May I know a little more about you? I hope I'm not being rude I simply am curious that followers of Mani are still with us

[@DM5550Z]

@@arshiaabedini2686 I believe they are an ekklesia of light member as the chinese manichaeans they are in contact with are rarely online due to chinas firewall

[@maybenextweek418]

Great song! Worthy of my Ancient Persia Vibes playlist!

[@helenefournier9288]

Amazing work, as always sir!

[@javadasaadi8430]

" here is my horse, there is my bow and lance... so what i need? yey! farya faraji poped another banger." tnx dadash ♥

[@nazarnovitsky9868]

Thanks for the new video ! 😊

[@Qutuqu]

Amazing work as always

[@Simsowizard]

Thank you! Sepas e faravan baradar🙌🏻❤️

[@iberius9937]

EPIC melody and vocals!!!

[@Great2700king]

یک شاهکار فوق‌العاده دیگر ❤🌹👌🏻

[@Mahdyar_Iran]

Wow, it was very beautiful 🫶🏻🔥

[@mhrzdyazzz9429]

Best as always 😊

[@Odyev9000]

would love to see u go for more Moorish/Andalusian songs and music

[@freeiran-x1u]

Farya hit 300k, LET'S GOOOOO❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@Ajjidahak]

well well FARYA KHAN GOT 300K SUBS. MY GUY U DESERVE MUCH MUCH MORE

[@michaelagaron]

Thanls bro. I like you

[@donnaj9964]

Beautiful!

[@ariansarrafan6665]

you are cool

[@putthecotdown]

Wow! Awesome.

[@rdmozi]

Arsakid (parthian) empire , the most underrated empire in ancient Iran-shahr ❤️🇮🇷

[@natheriver8910]

I love your iranian songs👏👏👏👏

[@Tor-o8t]

I clicked on this faster than the cataphracts in carrhae

[@Achaemenidsoldier]

Another legend

[@jorgejohnson875]

I look forward to the day when I hear a somehow even better version of this (which is already very good) in another banger symphony in a situation where the Parthians are about to meet somebody else in combat, much like "The Prayers" in Nineveh 627. Also congrats on 300k Farya!

[@Nerdspheric]

I’m here once again asking for you to update your music on Spotify, please!. I really enjoy training with it, and having it on the app makes it a lot easier. Great jewels such as your epic Iranian music are missing on the app.

[@MehrbodHosseini]

آهنگی که باعث ترس رومی ها میشه

[@immortal_lions]

Wow.. Parthian theme.. amazing ❤

[@Yoyërcompany]

Farya is officialy the āhansāzān āhansāz

[@kob4165]

He’ll yeah

[@tatsoed7620]

omg Iranian music ty

[@darthnymruk9766]

Amazing! Could you someday do a symphony about the mughals? Recently been listening to your music about them and I love it!

[@persianmoez39]

Great like always

[@dariogutierrez6716]

Crossing the Euphrates rn

[@hamishegi9993]

درود فریا جان ❤

[@Arsh4m4M]

that was awesome, we need a symphony for Shahan shah Khosrow Parviz

[@TrajGreekFire]

Based more Eran

[@user-bchfldmgd]

Congratulations on 300K ☺️

[@hamishegi9993]

Waiting for another iranian songs

[@djuengst2000]

I love it😊

[@hamishegi9993]

مثل همیشه عالیی همه ی کارهای فریا جان شاهکرایه بره خودش ❤

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

Amazing ❤

[@alkha4711]

Crassus’s legions after hearing this:

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

☠️☠️☠️

[@respectmoney2025]

thanks

[@hamishegi9993]

انوشه باد ایران زمین 🇮🇷

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

300K+ 🥳

[@pouyabt8868]

🔥🔥🔥Epic 🔥🔥🔥

[@Sacer.d-aci]

🌏🌏🌎

[@ariarahymy]

Great work❤

[@samuelvillena7784]

Hermoso e inesperado

[@gabilisi4673]

Have you thought about making a symphony about yourself? and congratulations on 300k

[@karticksharmapro1523]

Man dusdram iran ❤🇮🇷