Niyaz is the debut album of the Iranian music group Niyaz

Niyaz

Niyaz is an Iranian musical trio. The group was created in 2005 by DJ, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Ali's husband, Loga Ramin Torkian, of the Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice...

, an acoustic electronic project. The word "Niyaz" means "yearning" in Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 and Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

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Niyaz reached #12 in the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Top World Albums chart.

Their song Dilruba was remixed by Junkie XL

Junkie XL

Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....

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Track listing

1. "Ghazal"
2. "Nahan 'The Hidden'"
3. "Allahi Allah"
4. "The Hunt"
5. "Dunya"
6. "In The Shadow Of Life"
7. "Arezou"
8. "Golzar"
9. "Dilruba"
10. "Minara"
11. "Amritsar to Amman" (Digipack bonus track)

Lyrical content

"Nahan" appears to be based mostly on parts of خوش باش که هر که راز داند (Xoš bâš ke har ke râz dânad) from Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi.

"Allahi Allah" is based on a traditional Urdu religious song.

The text of "The Hunt" is in Persian, and is based on the poem بیا بریم دشت (Biyâ berim dašt) by the 14th century Iranian poet Ubayd Zakani.