Sumud (album)


Sumud, which was released on 22 May 2012, is the third album by Niyaz. 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 on the song Mazaar, a traditional Afghan folk song.
The album's lyrics are mostly in Persian with two songs in Turkish and features the band's first lyrics in Arabic and Kurdish. It is their first album to feature no Urdu songs.

Track listing

  1. "Parishaan"
  2. "Sosin"
  3. "Shah Sanam"
  4. "Mazaar ft. A R Rahman"
  5. "Rah-e-Vafa"
  6. "Dertli"
  7. "Masooz"
  8. "Rayat al Sumud"
  9. "Mahtaab"
  10. "Arzusun"

    Lyrical sources

The words to "Parishaan" are based on by Baba-Taher, 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, "Masooz" by Qanbar Raastgu. Versions of "Shah Sanam" by Navaye Qariyeh, Simâ Binâ and Amânj Azarmi can be found online. "Dertli" is a folk song from the Bolu region of Turkey.
"Mazaar," which features guest vocals by A.R. Rahman, is based on , a Herati Afghan poem.
"Arzusun" is based on a poem by Alevi-Bektashi poet Kul Nesîmî that was later made into a song by Turkish folk artist Muharrem Temiz.