''Sumud'' ( صمود), which was released on 22 May 2012, is the third album by
Niyaz
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. It was originally reported that like their previous album '' Nine Heavens'' it would be released as a double album with one disc each for acoustic versions and electronic versions of songs, though it was released as a normal record with ten songs. The album features the guest appearance of
A.R. Rahman
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on the song ''Mazaar'', a traditional Afghan folk song.
The album's lyrics are mostly in Persian (Parishaan, Shah Sanam, Mazaar, Rah-e-Vafa, Masooz and Mahtaab) with two songs in Turkish (Dertli and Arzusun) and features the band's first lyrics in Arabic (Rayat Al Sumud) and Kurdish (Sosin). It is their first album to feature no Urdu songs.
Track listing
# "Parishaan"
# "Sosin"
# "Shah Sanam"
# "Mazaar ft. A R Rahman"
# "Rah-e-Vafa"
# "Dertli"
# "Masooz"
# "Rayat al Sumud"
# "Mahtaab"
# "Arzusun"
Lyrical sources
The words to "Parishaan" are based o variouspoetry by Baba-Taher (باباطاهر), an 11th-century Sufi mystic.
Several songs are folk songs, some of which have been performed by other artists whose renditions can be found online. "Sosin" was performed by Kurdish singer Hesen Cizîrî (Hesenê Cizrawî), "Masooz" by Qanbar Raastgu (قنبر راستگو). Versions of "Shah Sanam" (shortened from Shâh Sanam Zibâ Sanam (شاه صنم زیبا صنم)) by Navaye Qariyeh, Simâ Binâ (سیما بینا) and Amânj Azarmi (امانج ازرمی) can be found online. "Dertli" is a folk song from the
Herat
Herāt (; Dari/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Se ...
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Afghan
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Related to Afghanistan
*Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanist ...
poem.
"Arzusun" is based on a poem by
Alevi
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Bektashi
Bektashism (, ) is a tariqa, Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the wali, ''walī'' "saint" Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. The ...
poet
Kul Nesîmî
Kul Nesîmî, or simply Nesîmî, real name Ali was an Ottoman Alevi-Bektashi poet, who lived in the 17th century in Anatolia.
Very little is known about this poet except that certain political events found an expression in his poetry, such as ...
that was later made into a song by Turkish folk artist Muharrem Temiz.